Alzheimer’s Update: Meeting the Challenges and Walking to End Them!

On this Life Happens show, we bring you an update on the tireless efforts to fight Alzheimer’s Disease in the Capital Region and beyond. Our host Lou Pierro welcomes back Beth Boivin, Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association Northeastern New York! Beth will update you on promising medication advances as well as detection and risk reduction. Listen as Beth will also tell us how to get connected to resources and involved with the mission to end Alzheimer’s. In this episode you’ll learn about:

• 10 warning signs and importance of early diagnosis…especially in the new era of treatment
• Two new approved medications and what’s in the pipeline
• Planning needs: legal, financial, emergency, practical/health
• Important risk reduction strategies
• How to connect with programs and services offered by your local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association
• Bringing the community together at the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Siena College

Lou will also talk about the legal steps you can take to address long-term care needs before or when a loved one deals with Alzheimer’s.

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