LaVerne has volunteered for the Association and been a member of the board for 12 years. Although her husband has died, she continues to strive to make people aware of Alzheimer's disease and the Safe Return program. I needed to be a volunteer to help others because they helped me so much and carried me through the time my husband was sick. It's necessary to have Safe Return and make people aware of it because it might just save someone's life. Delyte Morris, former president of SIUC, was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and former U.S. President Ronald Reagan also has the disease.
People know what it is, but they have no respect for it or the people who have it.
The Southern Illinois Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association is working to make people in the region more aware of the disease. It is a disease. The Southern Illinois Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association encourages all to attend the benefit. This document may be distributed electronically for personal use only, provided it is distributed in its entirety and includes this notice. We encourage you to create links to our pages and ask that you do not duplicate our pages on your own site.