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Thank you, dear reader, for this incredibly kind review of #FindingtheRightWords, the #memoir I wrote with #neurologist, #Dr.BruceMiller. #Dementia doesn't take a break for the holidays, which means #caregivers don't get a break either. Sending strength to those of you who are living with #Alzheimer's, caring for someone with it or another form of dementia (#FTD, #CTE, #vascular, #LewyBodies, #early-onset, #Creutzfelt-Jakob, and others), and/or loving someone with #dementia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/nursing-home-care-dementia/

2020: 7 million in the US w/#dementia
2040: estimate of ~12 million in the US w/dementia

Dementia is the umbrella term. The "other diseases" include #FTD (FrontoTemporalDementia), #CTE (repeated concussions), #VascularDementia, #LewyBodies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, #Alzheimer's, #early-onset Alzheimer's & more.

Let's revisit (& pass) #Biden's plan to support financially #caregivers, who often die before the person w/dementia for whom they are caring. Then what?

#EndAlz

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/nursing-home-care-dementia/

2020: 7 million in the US w/#dementia
2040: estimate of ~12 million in the US w/dementia

Dementia is the umbrella term. The "other diseases" include #FTD (FrontoTemporalDementia), #CTE (repeated concussions), #VascularDementia, #LewyBodies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, #Alzheimer's, #early-onset Alzheimer's & more.

Let's revisit (& pass) #Biden's plan to support financially #caregivers, who often die before the person w/dementia for whom they are caring. Then what?

#EndAlz

@thundergod97 @abejaclaustro @nathanlovestrees @cobalt. Absolutely #EndDementia -- all of them, #LewyBodies, #VascularDementia, #FTD, #CTE. I am so sorry about your father. Sending strength.

December 2 is Chat-a-thon, a 12-hour+ event, hosted by #Dementia Researcher, Dr. Adam Smith. Over 60 of us will be talking about #Alzheimers, #medhum, #ClinicalTrials, #caregiving, #biomarkers, #LewyBodies, and much more. Please join us and help support
#AlzheimersResearchUK, #RaceAgainstDementia, #AlzheimersSociety, #LewyBodySociety.

https://chatathon.uk/

This 12-hour #neurology "chat-a-thon," organized and hosted by Dr. Adam Smith, promises to be an extraordinary event. If you want to learn more about research on #dementia, including #Alzheimers, #frontotemporal, #LewyBodies, please join us on December 2.
https://chatathon.uk/schedule2022/