KENTUCKY — November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.

According to the Alzheimer's Association, there are about 75,000 people living in Kentucky with the disease.

Alzheimer’s is a complex neurological disease that health experts refer to as the most common form of dementia.

Here in Kentucky, a national non-profit organization, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, just wrapped up its annual Alzheimer’s Educational Conference last month. It was held virtually due to COVID-19.

"Our core mottos are care, education, research. Our primary focus is supporting caregivers and the journey that they go through. Education is an initiative that we started a number of years ago by creating what's called, Educating Americans Tour," explained Chuck Fuschillo, president and CEO of Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. "We felt it's critically important to empower people with their knowledge and support services and about Alzheimer's Disease. And we're proud to say that we fund research all over the world better treatment or a cure." 

The conference brought in leading medical, elder law, and dementia care experts to share tips and strategies and information on local resources here in the Commonwealth.

Alzheimer’s has no current cure, but treatments for symptoms are available, and research continues as roughly 5.8 million Americans are affected by the disease.

For those who would like to go back and re-watch the 2020 Kentucky’s Virtual Alzheimer’s Educational Conference, it's available online.