“What really got me started was seeing my friends monetize off it [social media] themselves,”

Caring for someone with compromised cognitive function is relentless, but unlike the around-the-clock care of raising a newborn, there’s no hope of a bright future for adults affected by Alzheimer’s.

Before approval, Amy Patterson sought an opinion from the state Commission on Ethics late last year on whether Jamie French’s raise would violate the state anti-nepotism law.