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Winning the Fight to End Alzheimer Disease

Winning the Fight to End Alzheimer Disease Opinion ON THE BRAIN I was 8 years old when my father, Cecil Dawson, was di- enceisfarfromunique.Alzheimerdiseaseisnowthesixth Walter Dawson, DPhil Oregon Health Care agnosed as having Alzheimer disease. Receiving a loved leading cause of death in this country. An estimated 5.5 Association, Portland. one’s diagnosis of a fatal degenerative disease is always million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer dis- traumatic; however, my mother and I were completely ease, a number that will triple to 16 million by 2050. unprepared for what lay ahead of us. My father regu- Worldwide, more than 47 million people have the dis- larly began to wander, becoming lost in familiar places ease,withanestimated131.5millionpeopleby2050,most andunabletofindhiswayhome.Beforelong,mymother of whom will be living in the developing world. The im- and I were unable to care for my father and decided we pact of Alzheimer disease is global and affects people needed to place him in a memory care community, a spe- across all nations. The costs of Alzheimer disease to the health care cial type of secured residential housing for people liv- ing with Alzheimer disease or other types of dementia. system are staggering. According to the Alzheimer As- It was at this memory care community that my http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Neurology American Medical Association

Winning the Fight to End Alzheimer Disease

Dawson, Walter
JAMA Neurology , Volume 74 (8) – Aug 3, 2017
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2017 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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2168-6149
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10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.1279
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Opinion ON THE BRAIN I was 8 years old when my father, Cecil Dawson, was di- enceisfarfromunique.Alzheimerdiseaseisnowthesixth Walter Dawson, DPhil Oregon Health Care agnosed as having Alzheimer disease. Receiving a loved leading cause of death in this country. An estimated 5.5 Association, Portland. one’s diagnosis of a fatal degenerative disease is always million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer dis- traumatic; however, my mother and I were completely ease, a number that will triple to 16 million by 2050. unprepared for what lay ahead of us. My father regu- Worldwide, more than 47 million people have the dis- larly began to wander, becoming lost in familiar places ease,withanestimated131.5millionpeopleby2050,most andunabletofindhiswayhome.Beforelong,mymother of whom will be living in the developing world. The im- and I were unable to care for my father and decided we pact of Alzheimer disease is global and affects people needed to place him in a memory care community, a spe- across all nations. The costs of Alzheimer disease to the health care cial type of secured residential housing for people liv- ing with Alzheimer disease or other types of dementia. system are staggering. According to the Alzheimer As- It was at this memory care community that my

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Published: Aug 3, 2017

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