Banner Alzheimer's Institute Video

Banner Alzheimer’s Institute/Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease -- Full Transcript

Text:   Banner Health © - Banner Alzheimer’s Institute

Audio:  Music continues throughout video

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Text:   Setting a new standard of care, Forging a model of collaboration, Ending Alzheimer’s disease without losing a generation.

Audio:  Under the leadership of Executive Director, Dr. Eric M. Reiman, MD….”

Image: Eric Reiman, MD

Text: Eric M. Reiman, MD

Audio:  “…Banner Alzheimer’s Institute opened it’s doors to provide the highest standard of…”

Image: Exterior entrance to Banner Alzheimer’s Institute.

Audio:  “…medical care…”

Image: Grown daughter hugging mother.

Audio:  “… and unparalleled support for Alzheimer’s patients…”

Image: Two staff members reviewing patient’s file folder.

Audio: “…and their caregivers, while conducting ground-breaking research through scientific collaboration.”

Dr. Eric Reiman:  So, the Banner Alzheimer's Institute has three highly ambitious, but strategically focused, and ultimately achievable goals. To end Alzheimer's disease without losing a generation, to establish a new standard of care for patients and their families, and to forge a model of collaboration and biomedical research

Image: Younger hands holding elderly hand.

Audio:  “The institute is not only an international leader
in the care of individuals…” 

Image: Lab tech assisting patient during PET/CT scan.

Audio:  “…with memory and thinking problems, but is also a scientific pioneer in the quest to develop new treatments and prevention therapies in the shortest time possible.”

Text: Understanding Alzheimer’s disease

Image: B&W photo of maturing male.

Audio:  “Alzheimer’s disease affects one in 10 Americans over the age of 65 and nearly half of those over the age of 85.”

Images: Photos of mothers with grown daughters.

Audio:  “Alzheimer’s disease is a fatal brain disorder that slowly
destroys one’s abilities to think, communicate and complete…”

Image: Pierre Tariot, MD and Eric Reiman, MD with PET/CT scanner in background.

Audio:  “…basic tasks. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.”

Image: Mature male and adult female, seated and smiling.

Audio:  “At Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, we explore multiple avenues to treat those who are afflicted with the disease – and the family members and caregivers who look after them.”

Dr. Eric Reinman:  Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of memory and thinking problems in older people. And its a gradual and relentless course that causes people to lose their memory and thinking abilities, their ability to perform routine tasks, and eventually become totally bedridden and confused.

Jim and Peggy Edwards:  I knew something was going wrong because, um, for instance at the end of the week, and we were going to close the doors for a couple days, I had a habit of taking all my, uh, paperwork and so forth and put it down in a certain way, so when I came in Monday morning I didn’t have to, “what am I going to do,” kind of thing. And I noticed that I, I didn’t get around to do that anymore, and I’d come in in the morning and be upset with myself,   that I didn’t do what I was supposed to do. Second thing is, that, um, I went to bed one night, and I balanced the checkbook one day, and I went to bed that night, got up the next morning, and I couldn’t balance the checkbook. And, what happened is it stole all my ability to um, organize, and do things of that, of that nature. 

Peggy :  So he just stopped trying.

Jim Edwards:  Yeah, so I…I just didn’t do it anymore.

Text: Memory Disorder Center, Providing access to tomorrow’s treatments today

Image: Pierre Tariot, MD

Text: Pierre Tariot, MD

Audio:  “We are proud to have Dr. Pierre Tariot, leading our Memory Disorder Center. He believes, providing the highest standard of…”

Image: Close-up of hands: younger female taking prescription bottle from mature female.

Audio:  “…care means offering patients access to the most advanced medications, including promising treatments being studied…”

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Audio:  “…in clinical trials, as well as potential disease-modifying therapies and treatments designed to improve memory and thinking.”

Dr. Pierre Tariot:  I think it’s very important that people understand that by and large people who participate in clinical trials tend to get really really excellent medical care because they are being followed very closely by a concerned group of  experts over a long period of time.

Peggy Edwards:  So Dr. Tariot said,  Well there are some testing programs that we’re going through, and some um, clinical trials,” so he said “lets see where you could fit in.” And they did fit him into a trial.

Jeffrey Arenson:  . So I was really interested in getting JoAnn on a study. So I went on the internet, and found out they were doing studies here, and I called here, and I‘ve been very pleased with how they’ve responded, and we met with a physician initially, and we got on a study which we hope is going to have some long term benefit.

Text: Family and Community Services, Setting a new standard of care

Image: Two females listening to female staff representative, who is referring to brochure.

Audio:  “Our specialized unit of nurses and social workers provide everything -- from disease education…”

Image: Mature male and adult daughter/caregiver posing for picture.

Audio:  “…to strategies for successful daily living.”

Image: Close-up of mature hand being held by younger hands.

Audio:  “By helping patients and caregivers prepare for their future, we help them to have a more meaningful experience today.”

Jan :  Patients and families are incredibly grateful when they find us. They’ve never experienced a place like this where they’re understood, where…they’re given the time to express their frustrations, their stories, they are…amazed uh, that we get it, and that we can provide not only medication treatment, but more importantly often the counseling and support that really help them be their best.

Peggy Edwards:  the social workers, the experts on traveling with a loved one, meeting other people that have the disease and being able to talk about it, openly, and share our experiences and what we’ve learned, um, that’s a very important tool.

Jim Edwards:  I recognized the wonderful service and welcome we got when we came here. And uh, it…the people at Banner have been just so wonderful, I can’t express it enough. And uh, it was like somebody turned a new light on.

Text: Alzheimer’s Research, Forging a model of collaboration in biomedical research

Image: Eric Reiman, MD

Audio:  “From brain imaging that measures progression of Alzheimer’s disease years before the onset of symptoms…”

Image: Smiling female staff member, wearing heart-shaped brooch on bright pink shirt.

Audio:  “…to our genomics division that helps find genetic markers, Alzheimer’s research plays a pivotal role in meeting our goals.”

Reiman:  My colleagues and I have been using brain imaging techniques to peer inside the head, study the structure and inner workings of the living human brain, and see if we could detect and track some of the same brain changes we see in patients with Alzheimer's symptoms, decades before the onset of symptoms, in people who carry a common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.

Text: Philanthropy, Tuning hope into healing

Image: Smiling mature male being hugged by young girl.

Audio:  “The Banner Alzheimer’s Foundation has been established to support the efforts the efforts of every aspect…”

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Audio:  “…of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. Contributions promote research…”

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Audio:  “…and clinical trials designed to identify treatment and prevention therapies in the shortest possible time.”

Suzi Hilton:  My husband and I both thought it was very important to…support Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, because of the research that they’re doing here, and that’s definitely, when I’m out fundraising,  that’s what I express to potential donors to the hospital…um, just how important it is, and how important the research is that they’re doing here.

Heidi Berkely:  . I moved my mom out to Scottsdale area, so I could be with her. She was in a home, and had wonderful care, but it was so deteriorating, and so difficult, and I was the one here, with her. There are a million charities, and I feel like you have to pick, what your passion is, and this is my passion.  and, that’s why we do it. And, we want to prevent what our family went through for other families.

Text: Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Ending Alzheimer’s disease without losing a generation

Image: Young boy and mature male touching foreheads.

Audio:  “With your help, we can turn help into healing by ending
Alzheimer’s disease while setting a new standard of care for patients and families along the way.

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For information on how to donate time, funds or participate in clinical studies, visit banneralz.org or call (602) 839-3851

DVD made possible by the generous efforts of the Lavidge Company

Audio:  “For information on how to donate time, funds or participate in clinical studies, visit banneralz.org or call (602) 839-3851.