Reblogged from Alzheimer’s Speaks: Read about the Wisconsin town turning Dementia Friendly. Great news!!
Businesses Go Dementia Friendly
in Watertown, Wisconsin to
Serve Rapidly Growing Segment of Consumer Market
Watertown, WI – What would you do if you were diagnosed with a disease that would eventually rob you of your memory? What if there was no cure and no timetable for how long you would live with the disease. The friends and family you know and love would become strangers. Simple tasks such as going to the grocery store, the bank or even out to a restaurant would become an ordeal and frustrating; maybe even humiliating.
Based on statistics published by the Alzheimer’s Association, there are currently 5.3 million Americans (and 35.6 million people worldwide) living with Alzheimer’s disease this year and a new diagnosis is made every 70 seconds. In WI alone, there is an estimated 110,000. With the first baby boomers soon entering the pool of those at risk for developing Alzheimer’s…
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A huge thank you to 
October 12. Mom’s birthday, and she would have been 77-years-old. The photo on the left was taken on her 75th.
We’ve decided we’ll celebrate the day as well, because let’s face it Mom would slap us silly if she saw us sitting around crying. (And anyone who knew her knows I’m not kidding!)
I’m also submitting a piece of writing to the publisher of the 
The Long and Winding Road... 