Preparing the Country for the Alzheimer’s Epidemic: A View from Science, Business, Government, and Caregivers

Part 5:  A View from Caregivers

Date:  November 14, 2006

Location:  Washington, DC

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George Vradenburg, Vradenburg Foundation, highlighted that this is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Alzheimer’s, and it is a chilling reminder of the millions of Americans living with this disease. One hundred years after discovery, there is no cure. He reminds all of us that Alzheimer’s is not a soft passing into the night. Comforting messages about the disease and its treatment – memories should last a lifetime; the long goodbye; maintain your brain – ignores the daily horrors faced by its victims and their caregivers.  watch video >>