![]() Read Lee's experience receiving a diagnosis of younger-onset Alzheimer's. He kept telling me it was the stress of his job, and I preferred to think that rather than any alternative. Alzheimer’s happened to older people - or so I thought. I really didn’t know that the problem would turn out to be Alzheimer’s. I had been noticing early signs for some time by this point. I realized that things were worse than I suspected when his staff started calling me to find out what was going on or why he missed a meeting. He was the CEO/President of a local non-profit. We began noticing problems when Lee was in his early- to mid-50s. It is difficult to know what action to take, what plans to make, or what the future holds when you don’t have the answer to the “elephant in the room.” It took more than seven years for us to get Lee's diagnosis of younger-onset Alzheimer’s. ![]() My husband Lee was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s (also known as early-onset Alzheimer's) in November 2008. I’m Valerie Ferrero, wife, mother and care partner. ![]()
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