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>>> IT
>>> IT TOUCHES MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OF US WANT, ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE.
DISEASE.
DISEASE. 73,000 OF THEM IN COLORADO.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THE
DISEASE IS ONLY EXPECTED TO
GROW.
GROW.
GROW. NEARLY 14 MILLION PEOPLE
NATIONWIDE BY 2050.
>> THE DISEASE IS MORE
PREVALENT IN CERTAIN PEOPLE
ESPECIALLY WOMEN, 3.5 MILLION
WOMEN COMPARED TO MEN AND WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THEY ARE
TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE
ALZHEIMER'S AS WHITES,
HISPANICS, 1.5 TIMES AS LIKELY.
>> THERE IS NO CURE FOR
ALZHEIMER'S.
ALZHEIMER'S. THE DISEASE HAS BECOME THE 6th
LEADING DEATH IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND IT KILLS MORE
PEOPLE THAN BREAST CANCER AND
PROSTATE CANCER BEHIND.
THE NUMBERS PAINT A STARK
PICTURE.
PICTURE.
PICTURE. SHARING THE FACTS, THOUGH, IS
THE FIRST STEP TO RAISE
AWARENESS.
AWARENESS. >> WE HAVE AMELIA SCHAFER WITH
THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OF
COLORADO.
COLORADO.
COLORADO. WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE IMPACTED BY ALZHEIMER'S,
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU THINK OF
PEOPLE WHO CONTRACT ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE BUT THE FAMILY, THAT IS
PEOPLE WHO ARE THRUST INTO THE
ROLE OF A CAREGIVER.
>> 300,000 COLORADANS BUT
THAT'S 250,000 FAMILIES DEALING
WITH IT CAREGIVERS MOST
ACTIVELY, AND 70% OF THOSE WITH
ALZHEIMER'S LIVE AT HOME.
SO IT FALLS TO THE CAREGIVERS,
THE EMOTIONAL AND DAY-TO-DAY
SUPPORT AND THE FINANCIAL
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. >> IT'S SUCH A BURDEN IN SO
MANY WAYS.
MANY WAYS. WE TALK ABOUT THE NAMES, THE
WELL KNOWN NAMES, THE BOLE NS,
AND ANOTHER STORY YOU TOLD US
ABOUT, DR. OZ.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. DR. OZ SHARED THAT HIS MOTHER
HAS ALZHEIMERS AND HE SAID HE,
AS A DOCTOR, MISSED THE WARNING
SIGNS.
SIGNS.
SIGNS. THAT'S A RALLYING CRY.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS?
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOUR OWN
QUESTIONS, AND I THINK DR. OZ
WILL BE A GREAT CHAMPION FOR
EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND EARLY
DETECTION.
DETECTION. >> THAT'S PART OF IT.
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
AWARE BUT EVEN A DOCTOR CAN
MISS THE SIGNS, AND THE BOWLEN
FAMILY WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER
FOR THE FIGHT HERE, AND THE
WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S IS
COMING UP.
COMING UP. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. IT'S REALLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE
FUNDRAISING TOOL.
FUNDRAISING TOOL. 12 WALKS HAPPEN IN COLORADO YOU
WITH THE BIGGEST IS IN DENVER,
WITH MANY, MANY STRONG TEAMS
AND THE BOWLEN'S TEAM AND THE
BRONCOS, A VERY STRONG TEAM.
>> AND IT HELPS NOT JUST YOU
ALL WITH RESEARCH BUT IT MUST
FEEL EMPOWERING AND NOT ALONE.
I THINK PEOPLE CARING FOR
SOMEONE, YOU MUST FEEL I LATED.
>> YOU DO FEEL ALONE AND THAT
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
EVERY DAY LOOKS LIKE, AND THERE
IS A BOOK, A 36 HOUR DAY, WHICH
TALKS ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
BE A CAREGIVER FOR SOMEONE WITH
ALZHEIMERS, AND IT CAN BE
ISOLATING.
ISOLATING. AND UNDER FUNDRAISING, THE PUSH
BEHIND THE WALK IS AWARENESS
THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE,
AWARENESS THAT YOU ARE NOT THE
ONLY ONE DEALING WITH THE
FRUSTRATING SYMPTOM.
FRUSTRATING SYMPTOM. >> THE FUNDRAISING IS GOOD NEWS
AND THAT ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH
CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE
FOREFRONT.
FOREFRONT. WHAT IS THE LATEST?
YOU HAVE THE GREAT UPDATES ON
THINGS THAT MIGHT BE
BREAKTHROUGHS.
BREAKTHROUGHS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
EVERY YEAR, THEY CONVENE THE
WORLD'S LARGEST NATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON ALZHEIMERS.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T
KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ALZHEIMERS.
IT WAS IN 2015 THAT THE
PUBLISHED PAPERS ON ALZHEIMERS
REACHED THE NUMBER OF PUBLISHED
PAPERS ON HIV-AIDS.
SO THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN, AND
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS LIFESTYLE,
LIFESTYLE, LIFESTYLE.
LIFESTYLE, LIFESTYLE. I THINK WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THERE IS AN IMPORTANT STUDY,
THE POINTER STUDY, ABOUT WHAT
YOU CAN DO TO DELAY ALZHEIMER'S
OR LOWER RISK FACTORS
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILY HISTORY.
KEEP AN EYE ON THE LIFESTYLE
RESEARCH WHILE WE ARE MARCHING
TOWARDS FINDING A CURE FOR
SOMEONE LIVING TODAY.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT