Alzheimer's Association of Cincinnati - Facts and Figures

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Something that's not happy a ultim diagnosis or dealing with a loved one that has Alzheimer's. It's such a nefarious, nefarious disease. Joining me to talk about some statistics and they are frightening statistics regarding Alzheimer's here in the state of Ohio, but also nationally. Ana Marie Barnett, she's the executive director of Alzheimer's Association of Greater Cincinnati alz dot org and then you can find the Cincinnati chapter at

Well, thank you so much for having me today, and thank you for helping us spread the word and bring awareness.

This is kind of takes. This is what it's going to take.

Well, you know, having lived through with my father and you know watching my mom struggle caring for him, you know, you get to the point where you know the caregiver is is put in a state of medical jeopardy almost as much as the person with Alzheimer's, because it's really a twenty four to seven proposition dealing with the person that struggles with alzheim the care, the clean out, the trying to encourage them to eat when they won't eat, and you know, wanting to wander away. I mean, the

Two hundred and thirty six, two hundred is that number?

Is it growing faster over the years, because I get a sense that you know, you hear about oh come on, the word slipping mind see here. I am struggling this morning as well. But the number of people with said various diseases seems to be on the increase. Autism is what I was struggling for. That's increased dramatically. Has the number of people with Alzheimer's diagnosis increased over.

The years, Unfortunately it has.

Last year in our stats, we reported about nearly six million Americans with the disease, and this year Unfortunately, it's seven point two million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease, and that that number does keep increasing. You know, we're seeing people age, you know, people are the age of sixty five.

They're just growing and growing.

But the other reason we're seeing the increase is people are getting an early diagnosis. People are talking to their physician. They want to know if they have the disease. We found that in our survey this year that one in nine people that we surveyed said I want to know if I had Alzheimer's disease.

So that is what we need.

We need people to touch with their physicians. We need early diagnosis. And because we know we have some treatments out there, we know that there's some things that we can do. We know that people want to be in there in part of their care planning. And that's so so vital and so important for people to know early that they have this disease or another type of dementia.

Do they go about diagnosing that you have Alzheimer's disease or that you are likely to get it? You don't contract it. It's just part of your genetic makeup, isn't it.

That's yes, that's true. It is actually a disease. Your brain is physically dying. When you talk to your physician, it starts very easily as just a cognitive test. If the physician see something more, they'll send you for greater testing. Right now, the testing to determine Alzheimer's disease is either a PET scan, which is very expensive most insurance doesn't cover, or a spinal tap, which women would know. That's not the most fun thing to do. A spinal tap is

Well, that is I didn't realize they had gotten it down to as simple as a blood based test.

Is it one of those.

Potentially there could be a false positive or false negative type of tests. I always worry about that.

Of course, of course, yeah, yeah, of course, nothing's perfect. Of course. Of course.

You know, the blood bio marker test is not widely available in primary care just yet, but they are using it and research I know that our friends that you see are using it as well, but they're also using the other testing along with it, just you know, to make sure that the diagnosis is clear. They are still using a pet scan or a spinal tap. But the accuracy of the blood bio marker is is like ninety eight percent.

It's amazing, and that's you know, think about all the people in the rural areas.

That don't have access to you know, positions, and they don't have access to hospitals. You know, it's this is really going to, you know, be a game changer for us.

Yeah, I just I'm vacillating back and forth in my head whether I would want to know, you know, everybody always has their quote unquote senior moment. I think, oh my god, is this an indicator that maybe the onset of Alzheimer's. But getting a definitive yes, you do, would I don't know. I don't know how that would upend

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Seven forty fifty five KRCD Talk Station, Anna Marie Barnett, executive Director Alzheimer's Association with Greater Cincinnati talking Alzheimer's here, and the statistics are not pretty to look at. More and more people are being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. You did mention there is a blood test that you can have to find out whether or not you are we're going

Well, as I mentioned, it is not widely available in primary care physicians offices right now.

Most of them are not familiar with it yet.

We are actually in the process of creating some more guidelines around how to use the blood biomarker. So there are some positions I know that are using it, but they are also using it in conjunction with other testing just to get an accurate diagnosis. So you may go to your position and they may say, I have no idea what you're talking about.

So we sell a.

Little bit more time before we can get this widely available in primary care. But if you go to a homrologist, you can start asking those questions and they can start getting you a diagnosis much easier and much sooner.

You know, it is going to be a game changer.

It's a blood biomarker test and a simple thing er pricks, so it's going to be really pretty amazing.

But there is no name yet.

Okay, fair enough, And obviously if you aren't seeing a neurologist, you could get a PCP to refer you to one or find one that's available in your area. So moving over one of the reasons that would Negate. My concern about knowing, it's like, I don't know one way or another whether I would want to know about this, But there are they are rolling out some treatment options for

Yes, we actually have two treatments right now that are showing to slow the progression of the disease down in the early early stages of the disease in most people. We actually I know that there are people right here in Gridter, Cincinnati that are getting that treatment, which is amazing.

They're doing very well.

I actually we had a big GABA last night and I did text this people there last night that were on the treatment. They're doing really well. And we have one hundred and forty one more treatments in the pipeline. We have, you know, four hundred and thirty million dollars across the world in fifty six centuries and eleven hundred projects.

In research, So we are going.

To find a cure. We're going to find more treatments and the best thing I think one of the things I really want everyone to know and be aware of is At the end of July, we will be coming out with results from our US POINTER study that we actually did here in the United States that we funded.

It is a prevention study.

It is talking about lifestyle change and what you can do to help prevent all summer's disease. So I cannot wait for those results. I'm very excited about those. This is a study that's going on worldwide and the results have been amazing. So everybody keeps asking me, that's that's a question. Everybody asked me. How do I prevent? What do I do?

What do I do?

Stay tuned, Stay tuned. We'll have more for you on some lifestyle change. It's all common sense, right, but.

You have to sit with it. You have you have to have a just like anything, if you go on a diet, right, you have to stick with it. So you have to sit with the lifestyle change.

So this will be dietary changes, perhaps, exercise changes perhaps, or maybe exercises like you know, brain exercises, like reading, is it is it?

Things along those lines, Yes, all.

Of that, all of that.

So exercise, you know, making sure that you're going out and interacting with people. That's a huge that's a huge deal. Exercising your brain. Nutrition you know, is definitely really really huge as well. So yes, all of those things will be coming out, and you know, having science behind lifestyle change and knowing that that's going to help you in the future, I think is going to be really another game changer that we have.

Well, can I at least ask you if you have any inside baseball on what we're putting into our bodies that maybe we shouldn't be that are it's connected perhaps with the higher incidents of Alzheimer's disease.

No that that there's no definitive tests that are saying, yeah, don't eat this at all. The brain is complicated, right, Yeah, so it's going to take a little bit more time to figure out, like, you know what, what is it?

It's going to be am. It's a combination of things, you know.

And one of the things we're saying with Alzheimer's disease now is you don't just have Alzheimer's disease, but we're seeing mixed dementia. For example, my mother had vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease, So we're seeing that, you know, this is a little more complicated even that we originally thought, so.

There is a sort of a spectrum for Alzheimer's.

Yeah, yes, yes, it's you know, dementia is are umbrella term, right, and then under dementia there's different types of Alzheimer's disease. There's different types of dementia. Pypologize. Alzheimer's is the most common. Yeah, it starts very early with mild cognitive impairment, you know, early stage. So there is a progression of the disease

Know it's a difficult decision whether or not you want to know.

But just seeing what I've seen and knowing the people that are in the early stages that are actively involved in their care planning. I think it's really important for people to be involved in now.

Oh, you make some good arguments. Anna Marie Barbet, Executive douction All Sides. So Alzheimer's Association grittersons Ani alz dot org is where you start national chapter and then there's the chapters that are local you can find on that website. And I suppose Anna Marie, that's a place where people can stay on top of the release of these new studies and information that are coming out.

Absolutely, yes, alz dot Org slash Cincinnati is our local website.

We will definitely have more coming out.

It's actually from our Alzheimer's Association International conference. It's the largest Alzheimer's research conference in the world. We will have lots of things coming out from that conference, So stay tuned, keep an eye on our website, follow us on Facebook.

We will have everything posted on Facebook.

It's the best research conference. I go every year and sometimes it's a little over my head, but you know, they are really good about tell dumbing it down for us and letting us know, like this is what this actually means. So those are the things that we will put out there, and I really do encourage people to keep an eye on that and make sure you know if you have questions, please call us locally.

We're here for you, and consider donating to the Alzheimer's Organization if you have a charitable contribution in mind. And that's where we steered the uh the memorial contributions when my father passed away from the complications or complications of Alzheimer's. So happy to steer my listeners in that direction. Any little bit, every little bit counts in terms of doing this research. And I appreciate your optimism on the treatments that are coming out and hopefully we'll come out soon.

You know what I mean?

I do, I absolutely do. If if this was around on my mom.

Had a disease, I would absolutely have made sure that she was, you know, a part of that treatment.

But you know, when you can get more time, you know, what wouldn't you give? What wouldn't you give for more time with your dad? Right?

Amen?

Now this is but this is where we are and so we just need people to be a part of it and you know, help help help us fund of research.

It's that's the vital part of this is the research.

But I don't I do want to stress and make I really want to stress and make sure everyone knows.

So if you're on the journey.

Now or you get a diagnosis, we are here locally for you with care consultants, with our free programs and services, everything we have to help you through this journey until that day comes where we have a world without Alzheimer's and all of their dementia.

Alc dot orgs Last Cincinnati, Anri, thank you so much for what you're doing each and every day and for spending time with my listeners and me this morning, very very informational and enlightening.

You have a wonderful weekend. We'll talk again soon. Seven fifty.

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