In order to support for the Alzheimer’s victims, thousands of people gathered at the Atlantic Station on Saturday morning in the rain to participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease.
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There are 26,000 people in Maine with Alzheimer’s and more than 100,000 caregivers. This past year he wrote 250 letters, said the retired Dow manager. “We’re hoping to stay number one again this year”.
“These flowers are reasons to end Alzheimer’s”, Degler said. This event will also raise money and will have involvement with Pinnacle Park, Presbyterian Manor, Brookdale Salina, Smoky Hill, and Arbor Court, who will all have Mini-Walk’s within their communities.
He said his brother, Art, was shot up in World War II, but couldn’t survive Alzheimer’s because there are no survivors of the disease.
Kent is the honorary chairperson for this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Wilson said this is the association’s largest event.
Tew-Lovasz said numerous walkers were directly affected by the disease. Minneapolis, Illinois, and Johnson City have recently held the walk.
“It’s pretty rough on everybody, it’s nearly like dealing with a different person,”said Marty Karl, of Staunton, whose father has dementia and mother-in-law died of Alzheimer’s”.
The walk also helps raise awareness about the programs and resources available to families through the Alzheimer’s Association. Buck lived long enough to see the first year of her life.
“Every year the crowd grows, because more and more people are being impacted by the disease”, said MaryAnn Vance, the nonprofit’s fund development director.
Team Doing It for Don, was in honor of Donald Sibbald, 78, who was diagnosed December 30 with Alzheimer’s.
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Alzheimer’s does not just affect the person with the diagnosis; it affects the entire family.
