POP's Concert In Marblehead this Weekend

I wanted people to know that the Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor is sponsoring a POP's concert at Abbott Hall in Marblehead to salute our Veterans on Saturday May 17th. This is going to be a great night and tickets are on sale for $25 and $35 at the Marblehead Reporter office and the Arnould Gallery. Proceeds from the evening will benefit Rotary International and Veteran's charities.

Sandra Day O'Connor talks about Alzheimer's

In today's Boston Globe, ex-justice O'Connor told the Special Committee on Aging in the Senate that more attention needs to be focused on research for this disease. She has become one of the most prominent Alzheimer's caregivers in today's world, next to Nancy Reagan. She states the statistics that we have 5 million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer's and it is poised to skyrocket to 16 million. The statistics show that one of the fastest growing age groups in America is those over the age of 80, yet one in every two people over the age of 85 are diagnosed with this disease! This is a health crisis that we cannot ignore, yet we don't seem to have the inclination to really bring Alzheimer's to the front burner.

She talked about the 10 million people who are taking care of relatives or friends with dementia. The loss of income and the added stress to these caregivers is intense. The article says that the Alzheimer's Association values this unpaid care at $89 billion.

Whenever I talk to someone about Alzheimer's- they have a loved one or someone close who is living with the disease. I have a relative living with Alzheimer's- DO YOU?