This month is World Alzheimer’s Month – a global campaign held every September to raise awareness and challenge the stigma surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Unfortunately, the horror of Alzheimer’s is something my family and I are all too familiar with. My father, John Cole, battled and ultimately lost his life to this debilitating disease. With heavy hearts, my family and I watched him progressively become a different person and slowly forget so many recollections from his lifetime, including his time bravely serving our great nation in the Air Force, as well as our precious family memories.
This awful disease has impacted so many other American families too, as it is the sixth leading cause of death in America and the fifth among seniors. Yet, we still do not know the cause of the disease, why it rapidly progresses, or have a cure.
