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TrialMatch Contest Ending Soon – Help us fight Alzheimer’s disease – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

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TrialMatch Contest Ending Soon – Help us fight Alzheimer’s disease – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

    We need you – sign up in May to win!
    The Alzheimer’s Association is seeking participants to join their TrialMatch®program. When you SIGN UP IN MAY through the Illinois Chapter website, you have a chance to win two tickets to our Annual Research Symposium along with a one night stay at the beautiful and relaxing Swissôtel in downtown Chicago. Please read contest rules & regulations.
    What is TrialMatch®?
    A free, non-invasive, easy-to-use, confidential clinical study matching service that informs individuals about current Alzheimer’s studies. Learn more about clinical trials.

Who Can Sign Up for TrialMatch®?

Whether you are healthy, at risk, a caregiver or affected by Alzheimer’s disease, EVERYONE IS NEEDED to participate in these clinical studies. Participation in TrialMatch® can be even as simple as taking a survey.
Volunteering for these clinical studies is one of the most immediate ways you can make a difference. Without volunteers, finding a cure is virtually impossible.

Take Control by Taking Part

Get Started >>
Signing up is as easy as 1, 2, 3.
There is no cost to participate and it is easy to use.

PROFILE:
Access online or call 800.272.3900 to create a brief confidential profile
OPTIONS:
The Alzheimer’s Association will compare your unique profile to its comprehensive, continually updated clinical study database and send you results
CHOICES:
You will receive information about studies you matched, you decide if you want to find out more

A Path to Tomorrow’s Treatments. Today.

Dr. Monica Parker TrialMatch Participant, Helathy volunteer
Everyone can help eradicate the most expensive and heartbreaking disease in America. You can be a part of finding that cure – when you join TrialMatch® you have the opportunity to participate in critical research that could change the course of Alzheimer’s disease. It is going to take all of us, to make a world without Alzheimer’s possible.

You still have the opportunity to make twice the impact. – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

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You still have the opportunity to make twice the impact.  – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Now’s the time to fight Alzheimer’s disease. When you support our spring matching gift challenge, your gift can go twice as far to end this deadly disease — but only until June 15.
The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma has generously pledged $500,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association if we can raise that same amount by June 15. Their gift will play a significant role in advancing research initiatives that have the potential to slow the trajectory of Alzheimer’s disease.
When you make your gift today, you can make twice the impact on care and support services and advance critical research to help those living with the disease, their families and other caregivers. You can also pay tribute to a friend or family member by making an honor or memorial gift.
Because of this matching gift challenge, your contribution today can go further for those affected by Alzheimer’s. Your donation of $35 can become $70, a gift of $60 can become $120, or your especially generous gift of $120 can become $240.
There’s still time to donate during our spring matching gift challenge, but please don’t hesitate to make a gift by the June 15 deadline. Those living with Alzheimer’s, their families and other caregivers are counting on you for help. Please give generously today.

P.S. You can choose to make your donation to our matching gift challenge in honor of a friend or family member. But the opportunity to make TWICE the impact ends June 15, so please give today.

Your donation will strengthen our efforts to advance Alzheimer’s care, support and research. From face-to-face support to online education programs and promising global research initiatives, your gift makes a difference in the lives of all those affected by Alzheimer’s and other dementias in your community and across the world. Thank you for your continued support.

15th Annual Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days – Volunteer With Us! – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

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15th Annual Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days – Volunteer With Us! – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Please join us for the 15th Annual Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days fundraiser!

Help us plant the seeds of hope! On June 2-3, 2017, look for Bankers Life volunteers in your community as they collect donations and raise awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association. On June 9-10, 2017, join Greater Illinois Chapter volunteers in the Chicagoland area as they collect donations and raise awareness at Jewel-Osco stores, popular intersections, and local businesses. In exchange for a donation, patrons will receive packets of Forget-Me-Not flower seeds to plant in honor of a loved one and the more than five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s. What started as a grassroots fundraiser has blossomed into a national campaign, raising more than $4.5 million for the Alzheimer’s Association. For more information, please contact Sari Eilon at 847.779.6952 or seilon@alz.org.

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Sign up to volunteer! – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

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Sign up to volunteer! – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Sign up and become a volunteer for the Bankers Life 15th Annual Forget Me Not Days fundraiser! Each year, Forget Me Not Days volunteers collect donations for the Alzheimer’s Association and raise awareness for the disease. In exchange for a donation, our volunteers hand out packets of Forget-Me-Not seeds to plant in honor of the 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease. Register to volunteer today!

Forget Me Not Days

Friday, June 09, 2017
Benefiting Alzheimer’s Association – Greater Illinois Chapter

$815 raised
of $30,000

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Date

Friday, June 09, 2017
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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Location

Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Illinois Chapter
8430 W Bryn Mawr Ave.
Chicago, IL

Contact

Sari Eilon
847-779-6952
seilon@alz.org

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About Alzheimer’s Association – Greater Illinois Chapter

Fundraise For Alzheimer's Association - Greater Illinois Chapter

The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Illinois Chapter’s mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

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Please join volunteers from the Greater Illinois Chapter on Friday, June 9th and Saturday, June 10th as we celebrate Bankers Life 15th Annual Forget Me Not Days® fundraiser to benefit theAlzheimer’s Association.

What started as a grass roots fundraiser has blossomed into a national fundraising campaign, helping to raise more than $4.5 million for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Each year, our volunteers collect donations for the Alzheimer’s Association and raise awareness for the disease. In exchange for a donation, our volunteers hand out packets of Forget-Me-Not seeds to plant in honor of the more than five million people living with Alzheimer’s in the United States.

If you are unable to volunteer on the day of the event, there are other ways to get involved! Collect donations at your place of employment, post our flyers out in the community, create a personal fundraising page to gather online donations, or make a personal contribution to the event. After you make your personal donation, don’t forget to ask your employer about their matching gift program.

Remember, tiny Forget Me Nots are BIG reminders! Register today to take part in helping us educate the public and raise money to aid all those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 19th, 2017. 

For more information, please contact Sari Eilon at seilon@alz.org or 847-779-6952.

Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of old age – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

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Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of old age – Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Younger-onset (also known as early-onset) Alzheimer’s affects people younger than age 65. Up to 5 percent of the more than 5 million Americans with Alzheimer’s have younger-onset. If you’re living with younger-onset Alzheimer’s, you’re not alone; we can help with information and resources.

Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of old age. Younger-onset (also known as early-onset) Alzheimer’s affects people younger than age 65.  Up to 5 percent of the more than 5 million Americans with Alzheimer’s have younger-onset. 

Who gets it?
Diagnosis

Causes
Resources


Who gets early onset Alzheimer’s?

Many people with early onset are in their 40s and 50s. They have families, careers or are even caregivers themselves when Alzheimer’s disease strikes. In the United States, it is estimated that approximately 200,000 people have early onset.


Diagnosing early onset Alzheimer’s

If you have early onset Alzheimer’s, you are not alone.

The Alzheimer’s Association can provide information, support and referrals. Find your local chapter.

Since health care providers generally don’t look for Alzheimer’s disease in younger people, getting an accurate diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s can be a long and frustrating process. Symptoms may be incorrectly attributed to stress or there may be conflicting diagnoses from different health care professionals. People who have early onset Alzheimer’s may be in any stage of dementia – early stage, middle stage or late stage. The disease affects each person differently and symptoms will vary.

If you are experiencing memory problems:

  • Have a comprehensive medical evaluation with a doctor who specializes in Alzheimer’s disease. Getting a diagnosis involves a medical exam and possibly cognitive tests, a neurological exam and/or brain imaging. Call your local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association for a referral.
  • Write down symptoms of memory loss or other cognitive difficulties to share with your health care professional.
  • Keep in mind that there is no one test that confirms Alzheimer’s disease. A diagnosis is only made after a comprehensive medical evaluation.

Learn more: Steps to Diagnosis, Finding the Right Physician, Medical Tests, Signs and Symptoms

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Causes of Early Onset Including Genetics

Early Onset and Genetics: HBO Video
(26 min.)

Doctors do not understand why most cases of early onset Alzheimer’s appear at such a young age. But in a few hundred families worldwide, scientists have pinpointed several rare genes that directly cause Alzheimer’s. People who inherit these rare genes tend to develop symptoms in their 30s, 40s and 50s. When Alzheimer’s disease is caused by deterministic genes, it is called “familial Alzheimer’s disease,” and many family members in multiple generations are affected.

Learn more: Alzheimer’s and Genetics, Genetic Testing Fact Sheet


Help is available for early onset Alzheimer’s
& Dementia

If you have early onset Alzheimer’s you are not alone. There are many ways to stay active and involved.

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