“Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's terrorizes us, it has power over us. When we are prepared to discuss it aloud, we might have power over it. It's thought of as a mental illness and it is a physical illness, affecting the brain. There should be no shame in having it, yet people still don't talk about it” PeopleShouldStillsMightAbleNamesBrainShamePreparedIllnessMental IllnessDemonOver ItAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Terry Pratchett
“People with Alzheimer's deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure!” PeopleDeserveCuresAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Julianne Moore
“I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.” KnowsAmericaDawnUnited States Of AmericaAlzheimerQuip Author:Ronald Reagan
“Well, I hate to tell youbut if you have a flu shot for more than five years in a row, there's ten times the likelihood that you'll get Alzheimer's disease.” IfsYearsWellsHateFiveTenDiseaseShotsI HateFive YearsFluLikelihoodAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Bill Maher
“I play an 89-year-old man whose wife has Alzheimer's in a movie called 'Still.' I play a World War II veteran, I acted with my son and it's called 'Memorial Day.'” MenWorldYearsStillsWarPlayWifeSonWar Of The WorldsMy SonOld ManWorld War IiWorld War IVeteranMemorialMemorial DayAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:James Cromwell
“Americans whisper the word Alzheimer's because their government whispers the word Alzheimer's. And although a whisper is better than the silence that the Alzheimer's community has been facing for decades, it's still not enough. It needs to be yelled and screamed to the point that it finally gets the attention and the funding that it deserves and needs.” NeedsHas BeensStillsEnoughGovernmentCommunityAttentionSilenceDeserveDecadesFundingAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Seth Rogen
“We've had numerous people diagnosed with Alzheimer's who got better; they just come out of it; they are leading normal lives today. And then, of course, what the doctors say is it's not Alzheimer's. You run into that Catch-22 all the time. They say, well, it was probably just a temporary premature dementia, and they write-off the recovery to preserve their ignorance.” PeopleWritingWellsRunningTodayCoursesIgnoranceNormalDoctorsMedicineRecoveryPreservesTemporaryLive For TodayNormal LifePrematureDementiaAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Richard M. Schulze
“If my dramatic career doesn't work out, I will go on to research and find cures for Alzheimer's or Parkinson's and other motor neuron diseases. It's a very exciting field of research. But I'd like to continue in drama, so it wouldn't be very smart of me if I blew this amazing opportunity with an inappropriate lifestyle.” IfsOpportunityCareersFieldsGoes OnDramaDiseaseSmartResearchExcitingWork OutLifestyleCuresDramaticMotorInappropriateAlzheimerVery SmartNeuronsAlzheimer'sParkinsonParkinson'sAmazing Opportunities Author:Freddie Stroma
“Alzheimer's is a family disease...It requires countless hours of care, which are typically provided by family caregivers...Wi thout professional help, it can be impossible to juggle providing that care with jobs, raising kids or just time for yourself.” HelpingCareKidsJobsHoursImpossibleDiseaseProvidingAlzheimerAlzheimer'sRaising KidsCaregiversTime For Yourself Author:Seth Rogen
“Tanya Ward Goodman, writing with a big heart, clear eyes, and a light touch, allows us a privileged glimpse into the shabby, enchanted world of traveling carnivals, roadside attractions, and a beloved, eccentric father’s descent into Alzheimers. Just as her dad animated the handcarved, miniature western world of Tinkertown from coat hangers, inner tubes and old sewing machine motors, Tanya Ward Goodman has fashioned her complex and often hilarious memories into a beguiling, wry, and moving work of art.” WorldWritingHeartArtBigsLightEyeMovingFatherMemoriesClearDadMachinesComplexesWesternAttractionBelovedWorks Of ArtPrivilegedCoatsGlimpseMotorAnimatedEccentricTubesDescentEnchantedWestern WorldAlzheimerMiniaturesSewingShabbyCarnivalsBig HeartWryGoodmanRoadsideHangersClear EyesCoat Hangers Author:Michelle Huneven
“That so many people respond to me is fabulous. It is like having a kind of Alzheimer's disease, where everyone knows you and you don't know anyone.” PeopleKnowsKindFameDiseaseFabulousAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Tony Curtis