4. Alzheimer's Association: Getting Involved

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• 00:16If you like to participate
• 00:17in events,
• 00:19we do have six walks
• 00:20throughout Connecticut.
• 00:22These are wonderful opportunities for
• 00:23you to know you're not
• 00:25alone, to come to a
• 00:26gathering of hundreds of people
• 00:28who care about your concern.
• 00:30Again, we have a beautiful
• 00:31garden,
• 00:32ceremony
• 00:33where you hold up a
• 00:34flower.
• 00:35And if you hold a
• 00:36purple flower, it represents someone
• 00:37who you've lost. If you're
• 00:39holding a blue flower, it
• 00:40represents that you're living with
• 00:41a diagnosis.
• 00:43If you hold a yellow
• 00:43flower, it means that you're
• 00:44actively caregiving. And if you
• 00:46hold an orange flower, it's
• 00:47because you're here for the
• 00:48cause. So we welcome you
• 00:50to join our walk again
• 00:51to know you're not alone
• 00:52and to look out upon
• 00:54the field or the beach,
• 00:55wherever we're host hosting our
• 00:57walk, to know that you
• 00:57are not alone.
• 00:59We also have a year
• 01:00long program called doing what
• 01:02you love to end Alzheimer's.
• 01:03This is an opportunity to
• 01:05put turn your passion into
• 01:06purpose and do some fundraising
• 01:08about something that you may
• 01:09love. We've had people doing
• 01:11crafts days all day long
• 01:12or kayaking or bicycle riding.
• 01:14So again, many opportunities
• 01:16to know that there's absolutely
• 01:18things we can do to
• 01:19make a difference with this
• 01:20disease.
• 01:21We also have a program
• 01:22called Trial Match. This is
• 01:24a clinical studies matching service,
• 01:26again, for people living with
• 01:27a diagnosis,
• 01:28caregivers, and even for healthy
• 01:30volunteers.
• 01:32You can go online and
• 01:33complete a profile and it
• 01:35will match you to any
• 01:36trial in the nation. So
• 01:38again, this is an outbound
• 01:39call that you then would
• 01:40make. No one will contact
• 01:41you.
• 01:42We do know that we
• 01:43need more people in clinical
• 01:44trials to make sure that
• 01:46we can move forward and
• 01:47keep going towards a treatment
• 01:49and cure.
• 01:50Again, please know that the
• 01:51Alzheimer's Association is here twenty
• 01:53four seven to support your
• 01:55needs, provide information, referral, and
• 01:57care consultations.