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A New Survey Shows That Families Are Facing Alzheimer’s More Openly

Alzheimer’s is coming out of the shadows in New Jersey, but many families struggling with it aren’t being guided to services that could help them cope.

Those are the key findings from a statewide survey done by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind for Alzheimer’s New Jersey.

The survey found 89 percent of people concerned about memory loss went to see a doctor about the problem, and 87 percent received a formal diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia.

Read more about the study here.

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Terese Kelly Senior Vice President, Media Relations
With over 25 years of PR Agency and Corporate PR/Marketing experience, Terese brings award-winning PR strategy to nonprofit, education, and healthcare clients using Rosica’s PitchSmart PR and other approaches to regularly general national media results including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Today Show, Good Morning America, USA Today, Associated Press, Business Insider, and literally hundreds of regional and local placements each year. An expert storyteller, Terese uses the agency’s PitchSmart strategy to convert print stories into broadcast segments and vice versa, magnifying results.
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