Alzheimer’s Association Impact Breakfast

At this event, you will hear a little bit about our work and how The Alzheimer’s Association partners with organizations to help further our mission of a world without Alzheimer’s. We will also have a research update to hear about the latest treatments and projects that are going on.

RSVP to Kelley Marshburn at kmarshburn@alz.org

Alzheimer’s disease is a growing public health crisis in Tennessee. The impact of Alzheimer’s is projected to rise, and the most recent data show:
120,000 people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s in Tennessee.
13% of people aged 45 and older have subjective cognitive decline.
367,000 family caregivers bear the burden of the disease in Tennessee.
496 million hours of unpaid care provided by Alzheimer’s caregivers.
$7.7 billion is the value of the unpaid care.
$1 billion is the cost of Alzheimer’s to the state Medicaid program.