Nearly 4 years in the past, my dad was identified with Alzheimer’s. Since that second, I’ve tried to be taught all I can about this devastating sickness, labored to unfold consciousness, and advocate for analysis for a treatment.
Proper after his prognosis, I started looking for sources to share with the remainder of our household in order that we might higher perceive what was taking place and what to anticipate to occur to Dad sooner or later. The primary useful resource I got here throughout was invaluable. The Alzheimer’s Affiliation is an internet site that is filled with info we would have liked to know what we coping with. The web site gave us the instruments we would have liked to not solely be a caretaker for my dad however to be an advocate too. With the assistance of the Alzheimers Affiliation, we had been able to combat.
One of many methods YOU will help within the combat towards Alzheimer’s is to take part within the Evansville Stroll to Finish Alzheimer’s on September 18th.
The Evansville Stroll to Finish Alzheimer’s is placed on by the Alzheimers Association.
Held yearly in additional than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Affiliation Stroll to Finish Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest occasion to boost consciousness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, assist and analysis. This inspiring occasion calls on contributors of all ages and skills to hitch the combat towards the illness!
If you take part in Stroll, your fundraising {dollars} gas our mission, and your participation within the occasion helps to vary the extent of Alzheimer’s consciousness in your neighborhood. The Alzheimer’s Affiliation offers free, easy-to-use instruments and workers assist to assist contributors attain their fundraising aim. Whereas there is no such thing as a payment to register, we encourage contributors to fundraise so as to contribute to the trigger and lift consciousness.
Alzheimer’s impacts so many individuals and can change a household perpetually. I encourage you to be part of this superb stroll.
Alzheimer’s is a devastating illness that impacts your complete household. My dad and his sister are in numerous levels of the illness.
Check out a video I discovered the place an Alzheimer’s affected person solutions questions on her sickness. Youngsters are asking the questions.
Register for the Evansville Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Sept, 18th, in the present day!
