In 1983 President Ronald Reagan named November as Alzheimer's Awareness month, to raise awareness about the growing impact the disease was having on Americans. At the time there were less than two million people with the disease. Today that number has grown to more than five million and is expected to reach 16 million by … Continue reading The Sad Lane: How I navigated one of the happiest times of my life while my mom was losing hers to Alzheimer’s
President Ronald Reagan
Using laughter to help find a treatment for Alzheimer’s
In 1983, when President Ronald Reagan designated an annual National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month fewer than two million Americans had Alzheimer’s. Today, that number is close to 5.5 million and estimates suggest it will rise to 16 million by 2050. There are no treatments. No cure. But around the globe people are working hard to … Continue reading Using laughter to help find a treatment for Alzheimer’s