Senate Special Committee Hearing on Alzheimer’s

Sandra Day O’Connor and Newt Gingrich testify

The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to examine the tremendous burden Alzheimer’s poses not only to the estimated 5.2 million Americans with the disease and their 10 million caregivers, but also to the healthcare system, business and the larger society. The hearing was held in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Association Public Policy Forum for Alzheimer advocates.

Chaired by Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) and Ranking Member, Senator Gordon Smith (R-Oregon), the hearing included testimony from:

• Sandra Day O’Connor
  Alzheimer Study Group Member and Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Newt Gingrich
  Alzheimer Study Group Co-Chair and Former House Speaker
• Rudy Tanzi, Ph.D.
  Massachusetts General Hospital,
  Harvard Medical School, Genetics and Aging Research Unit
• Chuck Jackson
  Person with Alzheimer’s Disease
  Albany, Oregon
• Suzanne Carbone
  Alzheimer Caregiver
  Rockville, Maryland

Related news about the hearing:

Sandra Day O'Connor urges help for Alzheimer's disease
- ABC News

A personal struggle with Alzheimer's 
- Good Morning America

O'Connor makes personal plea for Alzheimer's aid  
- USA Today

The fight against Alzheimer's
- Good Morning America 

Man with Alzheimer's fights "family disease"- 5th-generation patient copes with early onset
- Washington Post

Dementia hits young, too, Albany man will tell Senate
- The Oregonian