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Maybe a sign of positive change? I have noticed Alzheimers disease lately getting more attention from the US legislative body, via C-SPAN:

From March 23, 2018: https://www.c-span.org/video/?442595-4/washington-journal-dr...

From June 19, 2018: https://www.c-span.org/video/?447278-1/marcia-gay-harden-tes...

Absolutely; I don't know what type of effort we could do though. I think that sharing stats like these [0] can help. "Scaring" people with numbers can be a path.

[0] https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures

Hmm, a while ago I was looking into medical research nonprofits accepting donations and one of them I gave to was Alzheimer's Association. No family history here, was just feeling altruistic about helping out for various causes. Seeing your comment makes me feel good that this is one of the ones I chose.

https://alz.org if anyone else is so inclined.