Press Releases

Meryl Comer Joins Diane Rehm to Discuss New Book and Caregiving

August 25, 2014

Meryl Comer: "Slow Dancing With A Stranger: Lost And Found In The Age Of Alzheimer's"

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Meryl Comer's Book Chronicles the Devastating Toll Alzheimer's Takes on Both Patients and Caregivers

August 25, 2014

Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer’s is an Unflinching Account of Her Husband’s Battle with Alzheimer’s Disease

Governor Pat McCrory, Diane Rehm, Loni Anderson, Debra Morgan and Darlene Shiley to Star in Raleigh Performance of Surviving Grace

July 30, 2014

Washington, DC – On September 5, 2014, a star cast will take the stage for a special ensemble reading of Act 1 of Surviving Grace, an original play by comedy writer Trish Vradenburg (“Designing Women,” “Family Ties,” “Kate and Allie”), co-founder of USAgainstAlzheimer’s, a national advocacy organization committed to stopping Alzheimer’s by 2020.

ClergyAgainstAlzheimer's Launches to Bring New Urgency and Dimension to the Impact of Alzheimer's on American Families

July 24, 2014

Washington, DC – USAgainstAlzheimer’s, the national movement committed to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s by 2020, today officially launched ClergyAgainstAlzheimer’s, a diverse, multifaith network of clergy working to focus our nation’s attention on the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on American families.

Statement by George Vradenburg on the Latest Encouraging Alzheimer’s Developments

July 17, 2014

Two announcements made at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Copenhagen show encouraging progress in the fight to find a cure for Alzheimer’s by 2020, according to George Vradenburg, who participated in the conference as Convener of the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s and who also is Founder of USAgainstAlzheimer’s.

“We now have encouraging progress on two fronts for drug developments, for diagnosis and even for curing some forms of this terrible disease,” Vradenburg said.

Why 2020?

USAgainstAlzheimer’s has retained its goal of stopping Alzheimer’s by 2020 rather than endorsing the goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease that calls for preventing and effectively treating the disease by 2025. While we support the national plan and its goals, we believe, as most every family touched by Alzheimer’s disease believes, that preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer's by 2025 is simply too long a wait for concrete progress. There are promising avenues of drug discovery and development that will, if successful, deliver a means of slowing or deferring Alzheimer's symptoms by 2020. By voicing the urgency felt by so many families, we will pressure researchers and industry to do all in their power to make that happen.