Rock Hill Assisted Living Resident is Featured Speaker at Alzheimer Walk

The Face of Alzheimer’s Vera Holder, a resident of Agape Senior assisted living in Rock Hill was the featured speaker at the Walk to End Alzheimer's held recently at the Winthrop Coliseum. Vera was chosen because she has Alzheimer's and knows what it is like to live with the disease on a daily basis. During a pause in Vera's speech several Agape staff that was participating in the event shouted "WE LOVE YOU VERA." Vera's daughter who also attended the event stated that "I am proud to have a mother who doesn’t mind talking about living with Alzheimer's. She has come to understand she did nothing to cause the disease and there is nothing she can currently do to stop it"

Vera Holder is the face of Alzheimer's. It is estimated that 5.4 million people in America are living with the disease. The Alzheimer's association wants people to be aware of this epidemic and has produced a short video that shows the impact of the disease on the caregivers and health care system.

Agape Senior is one of the leading providers of memory care in the state of South Carolina and has recently completed a basic training for every employee about the disease. Adelle Stanley, formerly with the Alzheimer Association, is now the Director of Dementia Programs. Adelle conducted the state wide employee training for Agape Senior as her first assignment after joining Agape.

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