Annual Strand Alzheimer’s Walk underscores family financial costs
by Elka Worner Nearly 500 people carrying blue, purple, yellow and orange Promise Garden Flowers walked from the Hermosa Beach pier to the Manhattan Beach pier, and back Saturday morning, October 7, during the annual Beach Cities Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Blue Promise Garden Flowers were given to walkers with Alzheimer’s; purple flowers to walkers who lost someone to the disease; yellow for patient caregivers; and orange for supporters of the Alzheimer’s Association. Sarah Yu, Matthew Mac, and mascot “Bubsy-Soup.” More than six million people in the U.S. live with the disease, and 11 million family members and friends serve as Alzheimer’s caregivers, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Alzheimer’s and other dementias cost the nation $345 billion annually. “I’ve seen the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s firsthand,” said emcee Jeanie Alessandrini, a Hermosa Beach financial advisor with walk sponsor Edward Jones. “In our work and our personal lives, we have witnessed not only the physical toll this takes on families but also the financial drain,” Alessandrini said. Sadie, Jessica Gallo Irigoyen, and Sofia. Financial planners are among the first to recognize behavioral changes…
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