
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. Here are four authors who have written on the subject of Alzheimer’s Disease and/or Caregivers who we recommend to speak on the subject in your November programming.

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. Here are four authors who have written on the subject of Alzheimer’s Disease and/or Caregivers who we recommend to speak on the subject in your November programming.

Lisa Genova author of, Still Alice, recently blogged about how the human brain expresses/suppresses emotions. From an early age we’re socialized to hold back what we feel and act according to societal standards. When the brain is attacked, by a disease such as Alzheimer’s, those pathways that prevent emotional expression are destroyed; therefore, the people with Alzheimer’s seem to develop atypical characteristics.

Neighbor To Neighbor recently started the Still Alice Project using a grant to purchase multiple copies of Lisa Genova’s novel, Still Alice. They plan to use the book to open discussions on Alzheimer’s and help refer people to additional resources available.

Lisa Genova’s Still Alice was a new York Times bestseller and has been translated in 25 languages. As such, it is no surprise to see Hollywood planning a film adaptation – to begin production next month

Lisa Genova’s novel Still Alice, about a college professor who faces the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease, is currently in development and will begin shooting in New York mid-February. The American Film Market has just announced this morning that Julianne Moore, the Oscar nominated actress of “The Hours,” and “The End of the Affair,” will appear in the film as the title character. Still Alice spent 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into over 25 languages. Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, the duo that also wrote and directed “The Last Robin Hood,” and “Quinceanera” are on board to direct the adaptation.