"Though those with Alzheimer's might forget us, we as a society must remember them". This was a quote from filmmaker Scott Kirschenbaum from the documentary "You're Looking At Me Like I Live Here but I Don't." At the time this film was created, Alzheimer's was becoming a growing epidemic that America was not quite ready for. For every American over the age of sixty-five, one out of eight of them would be diagnosed with this disease. For every year that goes by, more than five million Americans will suffer Alzheimer's. The death toll of Alzheimer's has risen by two-thirds since 2000 (www.alz.org) and this is due to the fact that people are not fully aware of what the disease is and how fast it deteriorates the mind. I believe that with more
