Fighting back against Alzheimer’s

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / From the desk of Tom Cole

This month is World Alzheimer’s Month — a global campaign held every September to raise awareness and challenge the stigma surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

Unfortunately, the horror of Alzheimer’s is something my family and I are all too familiar with. My father, John Cole, battled and ultimately lost his life to this debilitating disease. With heavy hearts, my family and I watched him progressively become a different person and slowly forget so many recollections from his lifetime, including his time bravely serving our great nation in the Air Force, as well as our precious family memories.