november is alzheimer's awareness month
Go Purple with a Purpose for Alzheimer's Disease Awareness and Caregivers Month. President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimerâs Disease Awareness Month in 1983. At the time, fewer than 2 million Americans had Alzheimerâs; today, the number of people with the disease has soared to nearly 5.4 million. Get involved this month, and help raise awareness for Alzheimerâs disease. Mayors in cities around the state are declaring November Alzheimerâs Disease Awareness and Caregivers Month. Click on the links below to view proclamations from around Colorado.