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Director’s Corner
IssueIN THIS
University of Kentucky
800 S Limestone
Lexington, KY 40536
www.
centeronaging.
com
859.
323.
6040
University of Kentucky
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
Volume 1 | Issue 1 Summer | 2013
BRAINSTORMS
Linda Van Eldik, PhD,...
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1
Director’s Corner
IssueIN THIS
University of Kentucky
800 S Limestone
Lexington, KY 40536
www.
centeronaging.
com
859.
323.
6040
University of Kentucky
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
Volume 1 | Issue 1 Summer | 2013
BRAINSTORMS
Linda Van Eldik, PhD, Director,
Sander-Brown Center on Aging
& Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Alzheimer’s disease is on the rise, but the University of
Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is a major player
in the fight against this debilitating condition.
Since the
founding of the SBCoA in 1979, and the federal funding of
the SBCoA Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC) in 1985, the
center has made many contributions to the body of knowledge
about Alzheimer’s and related brain aging conditions.
The facts about Alzheimer’s disease are staggering.
An
estimated 5.
2 million Americans and approximately 34
million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s and other
dementias.
Nearly half (45 percent) of people age 85-plus
have Alzheimer’s disease.
Because age is the greatest
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