Quote

We have to get behind the scientists and push for a dementia breakthrough. It could be that we fear dementia out of a sense of hopelessness, but there is hope, and it rests in the hands of our scientists.

Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.

People do not realize that Alzheimer's is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer's every day.

Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.

We hope we can slow or possibly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's.

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year.

I think everyone knows someone who's battling with dementia or caring for a relative affected by it. I've been staggered by how commonplace it is.

With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.

I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'

My mother passed away of complications of dementia. As you get older, it really makes you realize how many people are touched by this disease.