Statistical Contact Report for FY2018Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018

1202109.8

Total Hours

Contributed.

8215252

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

51717.207

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

404593

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

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Brain Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

One in three senior adults dies each year due to Alzheimers disease or related dementia (Alzheimers Association, 2016). Alzheimers is an incurable brain disease that causes a slow, progressive decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills (Alzheimers Association, 2016). Learning more about the disease and its warning signs is important because timely detection may offer benefits for people living with dementia and their families. For example, some memory loss or dementia-like symptoms may be ...

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Brain Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

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W. Garrett Owen

Extension Faculty

W. Garrett
W. Garrett Owen is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist of floriculture, greenhouse and controlled-environment crop production in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentuck... More

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