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Advocates
Quick Q&A Session:
Q. What do Brooke Shields and Cynthia Nixon have in common?
A. A parent suffering from dementia.
Q. What do Leeza Gibbons and Maria Shriver, wife of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have in common?
A. A parent who has suffered from or is living with Alzheimers.
Q. What do Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Newt Gingrich have in common?
A. They serve actively as members on the National Alzheimer's Study Group.
Q. What do all six have in common?
A. Advocacy for Alzheimer's disease, dementia and caregivers.
Q. Can you be a dementia or Alzheimer's advocate?
A. Whether you are a member of AARP, Baby Boomer, young adult, you CAN be an advocate!
Questions for YOU:
- Would you like to work with organizations like the Alzheimer's Association and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America and help by volunteering, donating, or increasing public awareness of this devastating illness?
- Would you like to help ease the pain and suffering of someone you know who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or another dementia?
- Are you worried about the rapidly growing epidemic of dementia and Alzheimer's disease as the Baby Boomers reach retirement age?
- Does the financial strain of Alzheimer's and dementia on Medicare, the US health care system and the world economy concern you?
- Do you want to volunteer to work with demented persons to honor someone you love who died of Alzheimer's disease or another dementia?
- Does the thought of you or your significant other becoming demented frighten you?
- Are you interested in lowering your risk for Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia through lifestyle interventions?
If you have answered "YES" to one or more of the above questions, I encourage you to become an advocate through Dementia Connection™.
Additional Information:
- I offer a FREE monthly Dementia Connection "ASK CALL" teleconference and webinar to answer your own personal questions about any aspect of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. I also answer questions about dementia and Alzheimer's disease prevention. This is done by emailing your question in using the directions we email to you after we announce each teleconference/webinar.
- To receive these email announcements and reminders of our monthly "ASK CALLS," click on the post-it note in the upper right corner of this page and sign up to be notified.
- We give email notifications of our monthly "ASK CALL" dates. The email includes the link/phone number and conference ID you will use to access the "ASK CALL" teleconference/webinar.
- If you don't have or use a computer, ask a friend or family member who uses one to register for you, receive the notification email, and inform you. Then you can phone in and attend the teleseminar/webinar without a computer.
- We also offer a free information gift including a Dementia Connection audio download, a Dementia Connection check list and a Dementia Connection white paper. Also register for this by clicking on the post-it note in the upper right corner of this page. If you have already filled out the information for the ASK CALL, you will automatically receive the free information gift.
- For more free information and resources, as well as products useful for dementia, visit our Dementia Connection information/resources page.
- Explore our Dementia Connection social networking groups on Facebook and Twitter. Susan Scanland also has a Linked In profile. This is a quick and easy way to search the growing community of advocates for dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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