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When a group of family caregivers banded together in 1979 to discuss the possibility of forming a national Association for people with Alzheimer’s disease, it was a time when not many people knew about Alzheimer’s and families facing the disease had no place to turn.
Twenty years later, scientists have made great progress in understanding this deadly disease and the Alzheimer’s Association has awarded more than $100 million in research grants to leading scientists in Alzheimer research.
Across the country, a national network of chapters continue to expand programs and services for people with the disease and their families.
“Tbday, families no longer have to face Alzheimer’s disease alone,” says Anthony Sudler, Executive Director, Northern Virginia Chapter. “Tbmorrow, we hope to spare another generation from being lost to the wrath of this disease.,?
The Northern Virginia Chapter was founded in 1981 by caregivers to assist local families touched by Alzheimer’s disease, serving 11 counties and six cities — - as far west as Winchester, south to King George County, and east to Arlington.
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