A Speaker s Bureau is also available to provide speakers for interested professionals and community organizations. The Fort Wayne Alzheimer's Support Group, Inc. is funded solely by memorials and donations - donation dollars that stay in the Fort Wayne community. It helps to meet informally with others who have the same thing in common - a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease. Experiences are shared and new ways to cope are learned. The feeling of an extended family develops.
Symptoms vary as does the age of onset.
Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive and irreversible brain disease. The cause is not known, and there is no cureat this time. It afflicts four million Americans and 10 million caregivers. It is estimated that there are 54,000 middle-aged and older adults in Indiana with Alzheimer's at present. Poor decision making It is important to have a thorough medical diagnosis, because these symptoms can be indications of other medical problems.