Now is the time to find a cure for Alzheimer’s

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Award-winning producer and director James Keach is making a documentary about singer-songwriter Glen Campbell’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease. But it isn’t solely Keach’s experience with Campbell that has inspired a commitment to the fight against Alzheimer’s — Keach and his wife, Jane Seymour, also have a personal connection to the disease.
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Settlement ensures people with Alzheimer’s access to rehab services

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As one of the plaintiffs in the federal class action lawsuit Jimmo v. Sebelius, which challenged the Medicare Improvement Standard, the Alzheimer’s Association applauds the recently announced proposed settlement. Under the settlement agreement, Medicare will pay for rehabilitative services, such as physical, speech and occupational therapy, if they maintain an individual’s current condition or prevent or slow further deterioration and require the skills of a professional. Rehabilitative services are beneficial to helping people with Alzheimer’s maintain their current function.
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https://www.alzconnected.org/

Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease can be lonely and overwhelming. To help, the Alzheimer’s Association created ALZConnected, the first dedicated online social networking community where people with Alzheimer’s, their caregivers and others affected by the disease can share answers, opinions, ideas and support.

ALZConnected launched last year thanks to the generosity of our donors. This free site, designed especially for the Alzheimer’s comm

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Benefits of charitable gift annuities

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• Fixed lifetime payments that are usually largely tax-free or taxed at lower rates than other income.
• Income, gift and estate tax savings and favorable treatment of capital gains.
• Knowing that your investment can advance important Alzheimer’s research and support programs

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Earlier, we asked for your help in honoring November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month/National Family Caregiver’s Month by donating to the Alzheimer’s Association^®. As the month draws to a close, we are reaching out one more time. We set an ambitious goal of raising $2,500 every day in October, and we need your help to make it a reality!

Give today and honor the millions of lives touched by Alzheimer’s!

When you make your gift, we’ll send you our inspiring wristband, inscribed with #ENDALZ.

It shows that you care. It shows that you’re committed. It shows that you want to make life better for the more than 5 million Americans who have Alzheimer’s, and for the 15 million people who are caring for them.

We need your help today. Please give as generously as you can.

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