Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s Educating America Tour focuses on Wyoming

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s Educating America Tour will focus it’s spotlight on Wyoming in an upcoming virtual conference. 

On April 15, beginning at 10 a.m. and running until 12:30 p.m. the virtual conference will feature speakers to educate residents on multiple topics surrounding Alzheimer’s disease. Speakers will include Assistant Professor of Psychology from the University of Wyoming Robin A. Barry, Ph.D. giving her talk, The Importance of Relationships for People with Dementia and Their Family Members.

The conference will also feature Stella Montano, the president of Life Link of Sheridan County, who will speak on navigating the caregiver journey and Kelly Davis, Esq. from the law firm Davis, Johnson & Kallal, LLC., who will speak on maintaining dignity and the importance of the power of attorney while living with Alzheimer’s. 

The Conference is free of charge and open to any who wish to attend. To register for this event, click here. 

While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America President and CEO Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. told listeners that keeping those living with Alzheimer’s learning and engaged is key to slowing the progression of the disease.

According to Dementia Friendly Wyoming, 9,400 people are currently living with Alzheimer’s Disease here in Wyoming. This statistic does not include those living with other types of dementia.

Caring for these individuals are 28,000 unpaid caregivers. And according to DFW, that number is decreasing drastically creating a greater need for community involvement.

It is estimated that by 2025, 13,000 people in the Cowboy State will have Alzheimer’s Disease. That’s a 39% increase, and the 9th highest in the U.S. Seventy percent of all of those living with dementia continue to live in the community, outside of an institution or hospital and one in seven of those lives alone.

In Sheridan, almost 25% of the population will be 65 or older by 2025.