THE SHRIVER REPORT SPECIAL EDITION: A WOMAN'S NATION TAKES ON ALZHEIMER'S

The groundbreaking and award-winning The Shriver Report … Special Edition: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's examines the expected impact of the disease on the nation's economy and society. As our 78 million baby boomers move into their mid-60s, we must make Alzheimer's a national issue, a national priority. The report mines conclusions from an enormous and eye-opening national survey, the Alzheimer's Association Women and Alzheimer's poll.

Included in the report are searingly honest essays – some by public figures, some by everyday Americans – all sharing personal struggles with the disease as patients, caregivers and family members. We hear from women who actually have early-onset Alzheimer's, from teen caregivers, and from men performing hands-on care at home for mothers and wives with advanced Alzheimer's.

Essayists including Barbra Streisand, former First Lady Laura Bush, Patti (Reagan) Davis, football great Terrell Owens, Senator Barbara Mikulski, broadcasters Chris Matthews and Terry Moran and actress Soleil Moon Frye share deeply personal experiences with the disease in their families. And former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. Mehmet Oz and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talk about how the country is dealing with the Alzheimer's epidemic, the caregiving crisis, and where we go from here.

Reissued in a paperback version by Simon & Schuster due to public demand, as Alzheimer's in America: The Shriver Report on Women and Alzheimer's.