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Wednesday 22 June 2011

Old people deserve our help!


Hello my name is Annie thank you for reading my blog, I think that The Alzheimer’s Society is a really important charity and so I’m here to try to persuade you to help support the Alzheimer’s Society, and raise money for them so that they can find a cure.

Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that destroys memory and thinking skills. The Alzheimer’s Society is a pressure group that helps to develop the lives of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They insure that people who have dementia receive good quality care and they help to provide information to people about day care and living with dementia using training books, and being trained by health specialists. They campaign for the rights of people with dementia and for the people that care for them. Every day The Alzheimer’s Society is trying to create a cure to treat people that are suffering from dementia.

At the moment 79,236 people in the South West of England alone have Alzheimer’s, however, only about 35% know they have it and the other 65% have no idea. At the age of sixty five 1 in every 10 people have got Alzheimer’s and by eighty five nearly half of all people do.

You could help by:
- Raising money
- Become a volunteer

Why should you be interested?
- One day it could be you
- One day you may need to help someone with Alzheimer’s
- One day someone you love could be diagnose with Alzheimer’s

To find out extra information about the Alzheimer’s Society log on to www.alzheimers.org.uk.

Please answer the questions below with a comment, and if you do please tell me where you come from i.e. your home town and country.

o Were you interested about supporting The Alzheimer’s Society before you read my blog?
o Would you now consider supporting The Alzheimer’s Society?
o Do you now know more about The Alzheimer’s Society than you did before you read my blog?

Thank you so much for your time!
Annie.

10 comments:

  1. Hi Annie,
    I think this is a very good blog that is very informative and persuading.
    In response to your questions:
    - I was a litte interested in supporting the Alzheimer's Society before I read this blog however I did not know much about it and how I could support it.
    - I would definitely support the Alzheimer's Society as I now know how to.
    - You have been very informatve about this charity and I think many more people need to know more about it. I think you are passionate about this subject and I hope you get more people to support this wonderful cause.

    Well done on this excellent blog and good luck in your Citizenship! x
    ( I am from Torquay, England :) )

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  2. I was interested in supporting the Alzheimers Society before I read your blog as someone I loved dearly died as a result of having it. However, your blog has given me much more information about it and I will now definitely find ways of supporting the Alzheimers Society. thank you for putting all the information up, and well done.

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  3. Yes my auntie has it
    Yes
    Yes
    Thank you for filling me in :)

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  4. I was a little interested but not completely familiar with it.
    Possibly.
    Definitely, thanks:)

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  5. Not really
    Yes
    Yes
    Thanks, it was a good blog!xxx

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  6. Yes, but I was not completey aware.
    Yes.
    Yes.
    Thank you, very informative blog. Well done.
    I'm from Totnes.

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  7. ollie harris hehe2 December 2011 at 11:07

    i really like your blog.
    yes to most and i will try to donate!

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  8. yes,
    yep,
    yep,
    thanksssss! nice blog annie!x

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  9. love your blog, really awesome.


    cool stuff, was interesting to read, thank you! i know a lot more now!
    see you in chemistry;)

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  10. GOOD BLOG, VERY INFORMING, DETAILED, AND PERSUADING

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