April 8, 2024 • 29 mins
Aired April 7, 2024: An estimated 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in 2024. Seventy-three percent are 75 or older. Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women. The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Anyone with questions or concerns about a loved one, who may be showing signs or has already been diagnosed is urged to call the helpline at 800.272.3900 ANY TIME 24/7.
In this show, Lisa Foxx talks to Kevan Watson. He shares his journey with the Alzheimer's Association once his Mom was diagnosed years ago. We also hear from Camille Goldstein and Kelly Stone who are on the board of the Magic of Music Gala. They've been working around the clock to create a fantastic fundraiser that we are hoping to see you at!
The Alzheimer’s Association Magic of Music Gala comes to Sony Studios May 9th- visit A-L-Z.ORG/SOCAL to purchase tickets or make your donation today as we celebrate music's unique impact on the care and support of those living with Alzheimer's, honor community leaders in the fight to end Alzheimer's, and raise funds to support the Alzheimer's Association's care, education and research initiatives. Visit A-L-Z.ORG/Socal and buy your tickets today.
In this show, Lisa Foxx talks to Kevan Watson. He shares his journey with the Alzheimer's Association once his Mom was diagnosed years ago. We also hear from Camille Goldstein and Kelly Stone who are on the board of the Magic of Music Gala. They've been working around the clock to create a fantastic fundraiser that we are hoping to see you at!
The Alzheimer’s Association Magic of Music Gala comes to Sony Studios May 9th- visit A-L-Z.ORG/SOCAL to purchase tickets or make your donation today as we celebrate music's unique impact on the care and support of those living with Alzheimer's, honor community leaders in the fight to end Alzheimer's, and raise funds to support the Alzheimer's Association's care, education and research initiatives. Visit A-L-Z.ORG/Socal and buy your tickets today.
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Hi, It's Lisa Fox and thisis the iHeart So Cal Show, our
show that puts a spotlight on charterableorganizations, nonprofits and people giving back.
Today we're talking Alzheimer's disease, butwe're talking about how the Alzheimer's Association helps
people, helps families who have aloved one with Alzheimer's, and what they're
doing to change the course of thefuture of Alzheimer's. What they offer in
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terms of help with Alzheimer's care andsupport and research, and the strides that
have recently been made finally, afterso much money was fueled into those research
dollars, and new medications recently approvedfor the first time that are helping those
with the early onset of Alzheimer's.Current estimates say that nearly seven million people
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in the US alone have Alzheimer's diseaseand related dementia's. Kevin Watson has been
very involved with the Alzheimer's Association becauseof his mom. He's an Alzheimer's Association
South End Chapter board member. He'sbeen a top fundraiser for years, very
passionate about this cause. He wantedto come on and share his story about
his mom and also get us firedup about the magic of music. Gala
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fundraiser happening May night at Sony Studios. Hi Kevin, Hey Lisa, how
are you? Thanks for having meof course. So is it fair to
say you probably got really involved withAlzheimer's learning about Alzheimer's and the Alzheimer's Association
after your mom got diagnosed years ago? That's right. She was diagnosed in
twenty thirteen at the age of sixtytwo, and shortly after family and I
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got involved with the walk in Louisville, Kentucky, which is where I'm from,
and then after doing that for ayear, I decided I'd get involved
out here in LA this is wheremy business is, and you know,
I'd figure i'd have a more impactand a further reach out here. So
I've been involved there since I guessabout twenty fifteen. I believe some most
folks that have it are over theage of sixty five. Your mom a
little younger, Hong when she wasdiagnosed, and what changes did you start
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to see in your mom that werered flags that something was going on with
her? But something was changing?Sure, Yeah, I'm not sure the
average age of the diagnosis. Ido know sixty five and younger is what's
considered early on set, which iswhat she was diagnosed with at sixty two,
I think, and beyond sixty fiveis just you know, that normal
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kind of Alzheimer's diagnosis. But youknow, at first, she was telling
us she was still working at thetime, and telling us that she was
seemed to be kind of forgetting somenormal things that she wanted normally forget.
And you know, we all weall think that, we all say that,
right, but she seemed to thinkthat this was a little bit more
severe, a little bit more serious. And I know she was. She
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worked in a lab at a hospitalfor about forty thirty five forty years something
like that, and so she wasusing a piece of equipment. You know,
this was kind of the trall thatbroke the camel's back. I guess
you'd say she was working a pieceof equipment she'd been using for you know,
like I said, thirty five years, and all of a sudden she
went to use and just totally forgotit. And she said, got what
to do, how to use it, how to operate it. And so
she at that point she was like, well, look, we need to
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we need to see somebody about this, so they started to belong and slow
process of figuring out what that mighthave been and getting that diagnosis. That
was kind of the main event inher life where she said, Okay,
I need to I need to lookinto this. And then she did actually
pretty good. She retired once shegot through diagnosis, which I don't know
took six to twelve months something likethat. She retired pretty quickly and then
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stayed relatively active and I think isthe main reason why she did so well
for so long. But then aroundtwenty twenty, obviously with COVID and you
know, she's immunal compromise, shereally started to get much much less you
know, social stimulation and just mentalstimulation, and that's when we really started
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to start to see the decline andyou know, moved pretty quickly from there.
Yeah, it's you know, theysay kind of things to look for.
You know, it's not just forgettingeasy little things like oh where do
I put my car keys? OrI can't find my purse. It's more
so such a cognitive pairmit that itcan actually be very dangerous. My mom
was a caregiver years ago, andshe was you know, kind of trained
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to look for the early signs ofAlzheimer's in the people that she took care
of. And an example she gaveme once of one of her clients was
a gal that lived alone, anolder gal that lived alone, had just
finished during her laundry and she justtook all the clothes and put everything in
the oven. And my mom cameover and saw that and was like,
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oh, no, no, no, this, I got to make a
phone call here, this we gotto get you checked out. This is
dangerous. And I'm hoping I'm notgoing to cry during our conversation, but
usually just Alzheimer's no ear comes.It's just it's so emotional to see your
loved ones robbed of their memories,robbed of just absorable quote unquote way to
live life as they used to do. They'd become a different person. It's
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not their fault, you know.This disease just pretty much takes their brain
away. Yeah, it's not,it's not It's not something I mean,
look, there's no disease out therethat's fun to have, obviously, but
this is just one that you dreadto hear. And when you hear someone
that you love you know is diagnosedwith this it's just I mean, for
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me, I didn't know much aboutit, but as in the beginning,
but over the years I've learned somuch about it and just an awful,
awful thing. It's not something thatanyone wants to have to deal with it,
but you know, the statistics saywe're all going to face this one
way or the other, whether it'sourselves or our loved ones, or parents
or grandparents, and it's just it'sawful. And then once diagnosed, it's
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sad to hear that the average lifeexpectancy of someone once diagnosed with Alzheimer's is,
you know, eight to ten years. And Eric, my boyfriend's mom
has had it for eight years.So he's just always so worried and stressed
about her health and her situation.She's in a really loving home with great
caregivers, so we know she's watched, you know, being watched with people
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twenty four to seven. So that'sa huge comfort because you know, again
you need to have if you havea relative that's diagnosed and how's Alzheimer's,
got to make sure that they're safeand taking care of them. That just
that's a special skill set and there'slots of people that do it, and
it's so expensive. You know,it's like another part of Alzheimer's that's just
terrible. Not only is it awfulto see that happen to your loved one,
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but then it's so incredibly expensive.You're like, oh, now,
how am I going to afford propercare? You know, it's a lot
for families to deal with. Itis that it is very expensive and time
consuming, and as you said,I mean there's so much danger that comes
with it, whether it's someone livingwith it and driving when they shouldn't be,
or as you mentioned, turn thestove line when it shouldn't be,
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or you know, leaving them homealone and walking out of the house and
you know, going miss There's justso many yeah things. But the caregivers
at the end of the day,I mean, you know, once that
disease progresses, they're the ones thatare taking the real the end of it,
you know. And it's something thatyou don't think about going into it,
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but I've seen it with my dad. I mean that they really have
a very very difficult time with it. To see someone they've been with their
whole life, or they've been aroundjust expensive. Not everyone has the resources
to put people into memory care,and it's just there's so many things that
are considering to think about with this, especially as more and more and more
people are getting diagnosed and living withthis disease. We know fundraising is a
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very important part of trying to createchange in the world, in a world
where there's so much Alzheimer's and fundraising. I know we're going to talk about
or just touch on the magic ofmusic gala that's happening May night a Sony
Studios, But how let's talk aboutthe Alzheimer's Association. I know for a
lot of people, they don't knowwhere to start. I'm so grateful for
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this organization because even just that thathelpline, you know the helpline, it's
eight hundred and two seven to threenine hundred. By the way, eight
hundred two seventy to three nine hundred. This helpline you can call twenty four
to seven. They have multiple languagesand you can call if you just have
a question, you have a concern, you think you know your mom,
your daughter, or a loved onemight be acting fishy. They can guide
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you, they can help you.They also offer a tremendous amount of support.
They have support groups. You know, they back so much research and
they're really kind of like the goto organization if God forbid you have to.
At least you're not alone. You'vegot people to turn to that are
gonna help you figure it out asbest they can. They get a lot
of resources and a lot of helpat alls dot org, the website,
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and that phone number, that eighthundred and two seven thirty nine hundred phone
number. For me, I've personallyused all of those resources, the support
line, the website, the supportgroups I've seen and gone to, have
been fortunate to go to over UCLAand a couple other institutions that we do
fund with our fundraising and seeing whatthey're doing and what they're working on and
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seeing the differences that they're making.But you know, out of all of
those things and the volunteer work thatI've done, I've really created a I
guess another family for lack of abetter phrase, and Alzheimer's family through the
people I have met through support groupsand through to your volunteering, and they've
been there and they've seen it alland they you know, it's it's weird,
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this disease and can manifest itself inso many different ways, and every
person's a little bit different, butto have that network, that family to
lean on situations, it's invaluable.I would have to say that is the
biggest benefit of getting involved and reachingout and connecting with people through the association
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is just building that family of peoplewho've been there and seen it and done
it and experienced it and witnessed itand just you know, sometimes it's just
a matter of calling them and sayinghi, and they know, you know,
they know what's going on, andit's just they know you're going through
a tough time family. Yeah,exactly. Well, and you mentioned our
website. All dot org is thewebsite alz dot org. They have chapters
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all over the country, but ofcourse Ken and I volunteered and work with
the the Southman chapter here in southernCalifornia. The website's got that phone number
on it. The website offers somany resources information about those support groups.
It's in everything you need to knowabout Alzheimer's at alls dot org. As
you try to kind of like learnand navigate your way through this. Once
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a family member is diagnosed, andyou know, they say, we can't
prevent from getting Alzheimer's not yet.I hope that's going to change down the
road. But the Alzheimer's Association isvery keen on let's do everything in our
power to stay healthy, physically healthy, emotionally healthy, and mentally healthy.
Let's start exercising everything head to toe. Now, don't wait till it's too
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late. They've got a section onthe website at alls dot org that's ten
healthy habits for your brain. Youknow, positive everyday actions can make a
difference in brain health, so evenlowering the risk of cognitive decline and possibly
Alzheimer's and dementia. And they've gotthese great tips on there. And last
time I had the executive director onthe show talking about Alzheimer's, she said,
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you know, start with a simplething that you can do every day,
like maybe start brushing your teeth withyour other hand, you know,
start doing things opposite your brain's like, whoa wait a minute. You know,
my grandma is older, she's notdiagnosed with Alzheimer's, but in her
nineties we're always like, okay,grandma, let's get the crossword puzzles out,
you know, always trying to keepher brain active and you know sharp
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as best began at ninety six.It's it's tough, but you know,
puzzles every day, crossword puzzles.You know, don't just do it later
in life because you're bored. Let'sstart now. Get get that brain exercise
in. Yeah. Absolutely, Ithink you're you're one hundred percent correct.
And as a testament to that,I think, like my mom, she
she refused to let that disease defineher in for the seven eight years that
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she was doing well, she didall those things and beyond that, the
exercise activity. You need that stimulation, you know, social stimulation. You
need to be around people, youneed to be around kids, grandkids,
you need all those things helped herso much. You know, outside of
that, you've got your your What'sgood for your heart is good for your
brain. It's very very important.And you have to protect your sleep.
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That is so important. Yeah,and physical fitness is important for all of
us, but especially for a guylike you. You're the co owner and
founder of the Box and Burn Gymin Santa Monica, that's right. Yeah,
so you're all about promoting fitness forfolks of all ages. Because I
saw you do a lot with kidson your website. Yeah, we do
kids all the way up to youknow, much older individuals, and it's
you know, those are the agesthat are kind of on the end of
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those that spectrum, whether the youngeror older, those those are really the
ones that are the most fun towork with and they get it. They
understand the importance of it, andit's so inspiring to see, especially older
individuals that want to come in.And you know, we think of boxing
as this very physical, you know, dangerous sport, but we teach it
in a way that is here towardsfitness and talk about brain stimulation. Asking
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your body to do something you've neverdone before is really cool. We actually
host the program here. It's actuallyfor people living with Parkinson's. It's called
rock Steady. But that's also avery very inspiring, cool thing to see.
It just highlights the importance of challengingyour brain on a daily basis and
the importance of that. Where canpeople go to find out more about your
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gym and your programs? Yeah,boxinburn dot com, the letter N not
box, the letter N b Ur N dot com, love it,
love it and again promoting physical fitness, brain fitness. A wealth of information
on the Alzheimer's website Alls dot org. We've got that phone number eight hundred
two seventy two thirty nine hundred,and we have a big fundraiser coming up
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that we would love to see youat if you can buy a ticket and
join us. It's going to bean incredible night, and you're actually going
to be a featured speaker at theMagic of Music gala happening May night at
Sony Studios. Yeah, I'm speaking, We'll see I need to. I'm
starting to train. Well, see, you're on the flyer. You're on
the flyer, Kevin. You can'tback out now, come on, I
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know, talking about accountability. Yeahno, I mean you put a camera
in my face or put me upin a bunch of people, I'll forget
my name. But look, thisis something that I care so much about,
very passionate about in the way thatit's affected my family and my mom,
my dad, and my brothers andall that, and so you know,
I will do whatever this association,whatever they ask me to do,
and I do an honor of her, you know, I'll do it.
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So if that means stand in frontof a bunch of people at a gala
and talk and to share our experienceand try to motivate people to you know,
donate and to advocate for this cause. I'll do it. Yeah,
amen to that. And you knowthis is going to be an incredible night.
A lot of hard work is goinginto this thing. The Magic of
Music Gala, big fundraiser benefiting theAll Shammer's Association Thursday, May night at
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the Sony Studios in Culver City,hoping to just bring a ton of people
together to make a difference, raisethis money and make a difference. Look,
I've been fundraising and doing this foryears, but what's so exciting now
in the last couple of years iswe can actually point and say, hey,
look we've got We've got two FDAapproved drugs that are out there now
and treating not just a band aid, but are actually dealing with the mustry
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of the brain and changing and helpingpeople fight this. And I know that
I think you believe there's a thirdone in the pipeline. You know,
they're really working on early diagnosis sothat we can figure out who who's got
it and then we can you know, the earlier you figure out you've got
it, the better you can dealwith it and extend those those quality years.
So that's all the money supports thattype of research. It's so cool
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to be able to point to thatnow and say, hey, look it's
working well. Kevin. Thank youagain for all that you do for the
Alzheimer's Association, raising money on behalfof your mom to change the course of
the future of Alzheimer's. And welook forward to seeing you with the magic
of music Gala doing your big inspirationaltalk. Don't be nervous. We'll be
there, clap it loud for youand turn you on on a Thursday,
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May ninth, Sony Studios, CulverCity and all the info and ticket details
alls dot org slash so cal.Thanks Kevin. We'll see you for sure
on the ninth, if not before. All right, he sounds good,
Well, I appreciated, Li said, thanks for having me. Thank you,
Kevin. Right, and again we'retalking all things Alzheimer's and the Alzheimer's
Association. They are the leading voluntaryhealth organization, by the way, and
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all things Alzheimer's care. Alzheimer's supportAlzheimer's research, and they've got that eight
hundred number you can call twenty fourto seven any time if you have a
question, if you have a lovedone that's starting to show signs or acting
questionable, they can get you helpor even just be there to listen.
They can help in so many ways. Just know that they are there.
Twenty four seven when you call thisnumber eight hundred two seven to two thirty
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nine hundred, eight hundred two seventwo thirty nine hundred and speaking of twenty
four seven on the line, Now, I've got two ladies who have been
working twenty four seven on this bigAlzheimer's fundraiser, The Magic of Music Gala
May ninth, Sony Studios in CulverCity, hosted by Kate Flannery and Jane
Lynch. They'll also be honoring themovie Still Alice, in which the actress
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Julianne Moore won an Oscar for herperformance as woman with Alzheimer's. Will also
be honoring Maria Shriver and her sonPatrick Schwarzenegger as innovators in brain health with
their mash bars that promote brain health. And oh for the music industry onnore,
iHeartMedia Los Angeles. Oh yeah,gonna be a great night for such
an important cause. And on totell us more, I got the co
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chair of the gala and the liveauction share of the gala. Camille Goldstein
and Kelly Stone, Hi, ladies, Wow, okay, so as you
just heard, you know, Kevin'sstory very personal, obviously involved in fundraising
in a major way for all thingsAlzheimer's, all things the Alzheimer's Association,
on behalf of his mom. Iknow you ladies have been working so hard
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on the big Magic of Music galacome up May ninth on Sony Studios.
I mean, putting down a charityevent is it is no easy task.
It is all encompassing. It ismonths and months and months and months and
months of hard work. So hatsoff to you already because I cannot wait
for our big night. But Ialso know you're putting in all this time
and effort for free, essentially onyour own time, because Alzheimer's is so
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very personal everyone involved. It's sovery personal. How is it personal to
you, Camille? Yeah, itis super personal yet and I am donating
my time in wanting to create awarenessfor and honor my mother who was just
recently exhibiting a lot of symptoms andshe hasn't been formally diagnosed, but definitely
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a major change over the last coupleof years, so we're sort of in
getting stages of it. But thatthat is my why for sure, Kelly,
what about you? Truly A girlfriendof mine passed away five years ago
from a complication of several lot ofimmune disease and then therefore early on set
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dementia Alzheimer's and very frightening because weboth had lupus, and you know,
lupus does affect your vascular system inyour brain, and I don't think I
really knew a lot about it before, so I definitely became more curious.
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And my mother is ninety one,and three years ago my mother had a
stroke, and I think prior toher stroke, I was noticing, you
know, some brain related possible earlydementia. But she's pretty honest, and
she's pretty quick and together. Andas she now is aging in her life,
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and I think the damage from thestroke, I'm more and more see
what's happening with her. And becauseof that, because I hang out with
all these wonderful women that are alsoaging with her, I'm confronted by Alzheimer's
every day. And you know,we just were having a lunch with a
friend and I said, you know, now, at my age and this
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time in my life, it's unusualthat when we sit down for dinner with
a friend or to have a conversation, someone says, hey, what are
you up to? What are youworking on? Because I'm always working on
some charity event as Camilas and Isaid, right now, I'm all in
on Alzheimer's, and the other personat the table goes, oh, my
god, thank you so much.My mom was diagnosed last week, and
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so it is a cause that definitelyhas a voice. Definitely, people hear
more about Alzheimer's than they do otherdiseases that have you know, people that
are are championing those illnesses and diseases. But I think the research of Alzheimer's
and what's happening now is super important. And I think the magic of music
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is so appropriate because music. WhenI go to my mom's place, it's
all the programs are around music,and I see women, you know,
much more advanced than my mom,and my mom has not been diagnosed with
Alzheimer's, but you know, they'llput on these old show tunes and these
ladies jump up and they're dancing andsinging. And the recollection that people have
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with music is so incredible with thebeat, with the songs, the sing
along, the memories, the happymemories that they trigger, that the songs
trigger. Yeah, right, Somusic is where it's at. Hence we
love iHeartRadio and so perfect that youguys are working with us, and I
think we've got a real powerhouse ofyoung people behind us. And people are
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you know, they're getting it nowtheir friends' parents, their grandparents, their
parents, family members, and it'sreally important and we're putting a big voice
behind it. So I'm super proudto be involved. And you know,
the money we're raising from events likethe Magic of Music Gala May ninth at
Sony Studios. You know, thisis how we want to change. We
want to rechart the course of Alzheimer's, you know, for for not to
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be selfish, but for our futureand for our kids' future. You know,
we want to eradicate this dise easier. The more research that's fueled,
the more we can change, offermore alternatives or alternative treatments for those you
know, during the early onset ofAlzheimer's, or maybe God forbid one day
help find a way to prevent itor stop it, or find a cure
so everyone coming together and creating eventslike this. I mean, the easy
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part for people listening is they goto alls dot org slash SoCal and buy
a ticket and join us. Becauseyou all have created an amazing night that
wrete doors open at six o'clock.We've got a VIP reception, incredible food
from Wolfgang Puck, catering, liveauction, dancing, and surprise musical guests.
It's gonna be a great night,yes. So then I will be
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hosted by award winning actresses Jane Lynchand Kate Planery Ah who will perform so
fun. They'll perform songs from theiranti cabaret, which is hysterical. They
are nothing but fun. Their anticabaret is called two Ustles. And then
we also have musical talent such ascontemporary jazz sanger Antonia Bennett, daughter of
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the late Tony Bennett. And wehave Broadway story Evet Gonzales Nasa from the
first national tour of Milan Rouge aswell. And we have many other surprise
performances which we will save for allthe lucky people coming. Love it,
Love it. And still Alice isthe film industry honoree Still Alice that starred
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Juliane Moore. You know she gotthe oscar for her performance as a woman
who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Whatthat was like. Yes, there's an
important song in that written by Lylelove It. So I think all these
things together are gonna be an amazingevening for a great cause. And a
big part of any fundraiser is auctionitems. And I know that you and
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Kelly have been working very hard topull together some things that will be available
that night if folks are able tobuy a ticket and then join us,
if you you know, can budgetnow for May ninth, because wow,
it will be worth it with thisincredible lineup of things that you have to
offer and hopes of raising more money. Oh my goodness. Well, first
of all, our live auction paddleis going to be held by auctioneer captivating
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Billie Harris. He is one ofa common personality and an each correspondent Cassie
Delora will be helping him out forlive auction. And then the items Kelly
tell us about some of the amazingitems. We've kind of going, gosh,
we have amazing items. And ifyou know anything about Billy Harris,
he just makes it a riot.He's so fun and really gets the audience
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going, so I'm super excited tobe working with Billy on this. We
have some great vacations. We haveone in Pioneer Town which is outside of
Joshua Tree that is a gorgeous privatehome that comes with many other activities like
stargazing, hiking, atv experiences amazing. We have a week at the Four
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Seasons Costa Rica, Papagaya Peninsula righton the water in a private resident seventh
night for eight people with the poolon the beach. We have a skiing
ski out incredible home, six bedroom, six bath in Big Sky. We
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have a safari to Botswana, myGod. We have six nights on a
Virgin Voyage cruise. We have RobbieKrieger's guitar from the doors and a video
of him signing it. We haveAndre Baccelli signed bow tie in the program
from the night he wore it.We have a Nobel Peace Concert poster signed
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by Oh my Goodness, Angelica Houston, Lionel Ritchie, My Sister, Sharon
Stone, Rihanna John Legend, KatStevens, Wenona Ryder, Colleen Rubio.
I mean, it goes on andon and on, and we have guitars
signed by Little Big Town Lady Wilson. We have a suite at a Chargers
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game for twenty people with IP parkingand all kinds of swag. We have
tickets on the glass at a King'sgame. We have a barbecue for fifty
people. We have a Ferrari experiencethat's going to happen in Sonoma where you
go on the track with the cars. You're hosted by Ferrari, an amazing
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say including the lodge and a superexciting item that does not come on the
auction block. If ever, ifwe have one week at Necker Island,
all expenses included, Wow, RichardBranson's private island seven nights including your hotel,
tax, meals, alcoholic drinks,sailboating, kite surfing, wakeboarding,
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paddle boarding lessons, and just havinga blast on the amazing Necker Island.
And I am so thankful to myfriend Richard Branson for his generosity, not
only with the crews, but withNecker Island. Arren. Yes, Yes,
pretty dang exciting is what iHeartRadio.I would love you to tell us
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about what iHeartRadio is doing. Sotell us about that. Well, I'll
tell you musically. I know you'vegot so many cool signed guitars. So
with that, iHeart Media will beadding on kind of you know, a
whole bunch of tickets to see OhI don't know, Avril Levine Live with
the Kia Forum, Third Eye BlindLive at the Greek Theater, Jennifer Lopez
Live at the Honda Center, PinkLive at Dodgers Stadium, Usher Live,
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you know, Ushers doing the firstconcert at the new Clippers Arena, the
new Into It Dome. So it'stickets into all those shows, however you
want to package them, Kelly,we're giving you all those tickets to auction
off. And then for my fellowDodgers fan. Because part of the iHeart
family is AM five to seventy LASports, I was able to get a
very generous pair of the behind homeplate dugout seats, Yes, the ones
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where you're on TV the entire game. Whoever gets this VIP package will get
those coveted seats right behind home plate. And thank you to Berrying Patty Siegel.
These are their personal seats, bythe way, so normally these would
be very pricey, but thanks tothem, they're gonna be auctioned off to
raise money for the Alzheimer's Association.At our big event of May ninth,
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you'll get the whole VIP Dougout experience, VIP close parking, that incredible VIP
dinner with drinks down on the DugoutClub, Dodgers merch custom jerseys from a
five to seventy LA sports meet andgreet with Deeter Rule the organ player and
Oral Herscheizer in the press booth,and more so. I heart the Dodgers
VIP package. So all that andso much more able. Yeah for auction,
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and all we need people listening todo is buy a ticket and join
us May ninth, Sony Studios inCulver City, the Magic of Music Gala,
raising money for the Alzheimer's Association.We can't wait to see you.
Tickets and details right now at allsdot org, slash so Cal Kelly and
Camille and everyone who's been working sohard on this. I can't wait to
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see it all come together and seeeverybody out there on May night. We'll
see you, Lisa, Thank you, thank you, thank you,
Hi, It's Lisa Fox and thisis the iHeart So Cal Show, our
show that puts a spotlight on charterableorganizations, nonprofits and people giving back.
Today we're talking Alzheimer's disease, butwe're talking about how the Alzheimer's Association helps
people, helps families who have aloved one with Alzheimer's, and what they're
doing to change the course of thefuture of Alzheimer's. What they offer in
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terms of help with Alzheimer's care andsupport and research, and the strides that
have recently been made finally, afterso much money was fueled into those research
dollars, and new medications recently approvedfor the first time that are helping those
with the early onset of Alzheimer's.Current estimates say that nearly seven million people
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in the US alone have Alzheimer's diseaseand related dementia's. Kevin Watson has been
very involved with the Alzheimer's Association becauseof his mom. He's an Alzheimer's Association
South End Chapter board member. He'sbeen a top fundraiser for years, very
passionate about this cause. He wantedto come on and share his story about
his mom and also get us firedup about the magic of music. Gala
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fundraiser happening May night at Sony Studios. Hi Kevin, Hey Lisa, how
are you? Thanks for having meof course. So is it fair to
say you probably got really involved withAlzheimer's learning about Alzheimer's and the Alzheimer's Association
after your mom got diagnosed years ago? That's right. She was diagnosed in
twenty thirteen at the age of sixtytwo, and shortly after family and I
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got involved with the walk in Louisville, Kentucky, which is where I'm from,
and then after doing that for ayear, I decided I'd get involved
out here in LA this is wheremy business is, and you know,
I'd figure i'd have a more impactand a further reach out here. So
I've been involved there since I guessabout twenty fifteen. I believe some most
folks that have it are over theage of sixty five. Your mom a
little younger, Hong when she wasdiagnosed, and what changes did you start
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to see in your mom that werered flags that something was going on with
her? But something was changing?Sure, Yeah, I'm not sure the
average age of the diagnosis. Ido know sixty five and younger is what's
considered early on set, which iswhat she was diagnosed with at sixty two,
I think, and beyond sixty fiveis just you know, that normal
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kind of Alzheimer's diagnosis. But youknow, at first, she was telling
us she was still working at thetime, and telling us that she was
seemed to be kind of forgetting somenormal things that she wanted normally forget.
And you know, we all weall think that, we all say that,
right, but she seemed to thinkthat this was a little bit more
severe, a little bit more serious. And I know she was. She
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worked in a lab at a hospitalfor about forty thirty five forty years something
like that, and so she wasusing a piece of equipment. You know,
this was kind of the trall thatbroke the camel's back. I guess
you'd say she was working a pieceof equipment she'd been using for you know,
like I said, thirty five years, and all of a sudden she
went to use and just totally forgotit. And she said, got what
to do, how to use it, how to operate it. And so
she at that point she was like, well, look, we need to
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we need to see somebody about this, so they started to belong and slow
process of figuring out what that mighthave been and getting that diagnosis. That
was kind of the main event inher life where she said, Okay,
I need to I need to lookinto this. And then she did actually
pretty good. She retired once shegot through diagnosis, which I don't know
took six to twelve months something likethat. She retired pretty quickly and then
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stayed relatively active and I think isthe main reason why she did so well
for so long. But then aroundtwenty twenty, obviously with COVID and you
know, she's immunal compromise, shereally started to get much much less you
know, social stimulation and just mentalstimulation, and that's when we really started
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to start to see the decline andyou know, moved pretty quickly from there.
Yeah, it's you know, theysay kind of things to look for.
You know, it's not just forgettingeasy little things like oh where do
I put my car keys? OrI can't find my purse. It's more
so such a cognitive pairmit that itcan actually be very dangerous. My mom
was a caregiver years ago, andshe was you know, kind of trained
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to look for the early signs ofAlzheimer's in the people that she took care
of. And an example she gaveme once of one of her clients was
a gal that lived alone, anolder gal that lived alone, had just
finished during her laundry and she justtook all the clothes and put everything in
the oven. And my mom cameover and saw that and was like,
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oh, no, no, no, this, I got to make a
phone call here, this we gotto get you checked out. This is
dangerous. And I'm hoping I'm notgoing to cry during our conversation, but
usually just Alzheimer's no ear comes.It's just it's so emotional to see your
loved ones robbed of their memories,robbed of just absorable quote unquote way to
live life as they used to do. They'd become a different person. It's
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not their fault, you know.This disease just pretty much takes their brain
away. Yeah, it's not,it's not It's not something I mean,
look, there's no disease out therethat's fun to have, obviously, but
this is just one that you dreadto hear. And when you hear someone
that you love you know is diagnosedwith this it's just I mean, for
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me, I didn't know much aboutit, but as in the beginning,
but over the years I've learned somuch about it and just an awful,
awful thing. It's not something thatanyone wants to have to deal with it,
but you know, the statistics saywe're all going to face this one
way or the other, whether it'sourselves or our loved ones, or parents
or grandparents, and it's just it'sawful. And then once diagnosed, it's
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sad to hear that the average lifeexpectancy of someone once diagnosed with Alzheimer's is,
you know, eight to ten years. And Eric, my boyfriend's mom
has had it for eight years.So he's just always so worried and stressed
about her health and her situation.She's in a really loving home with great
caregivers, so we know she's watched, you know, being watched with people
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twenty four to seven. So that'sa huge comfort because you know, again
you need to have if you havea relative that's diagnosed and how's Alzheimer's,
got to make sure that they're safeand taking care of them. That just
that's a special skill set and there'slots of people that do it, and
it's so expensive. You know,it's like another part of Alzheimer's that's just
terrible. Not only is it awfulto see that happen to your loved one,
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but then it's so incredibly expensive.You're like, oh, now,
how am I going to afford propercare? You know, it's a lot
for families to deal with. Itis that it is very expensive and time
consuming, and as you said,I mean there's so much danger that comes
with it, whether it's someone livingwith it and driving when they shouldn't be,
or as you mentioned, turn thestove line when it shouldn't be,
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or you know, leaving them homealone and walking out of the house and
you know, going miss There's justso many yeah things. But the caregivers
at the end of the day,I mean, you know, once that
disease progresses, they're the ones thatare taking the real the end of it,
you know. And it's something thatyou don't think about going into it,
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but I've seen it with my dad. I mean that they really have
a very very difficult time with it. To see someone they've been with their
whole life, or they've been aroundjust expensive. Not everyone has the resources
to put people into memory care,and it's just there's so many things that
are considering to think about with this, especially as more and more and more
people are getting diagnosed and living withthis disease. We know fundraising is a
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very important part of trying to createchange in the world, in a world
where there's so much Alzheimer's and fundraising. I know we're going to talk about
or just touch on the magic ofmusic gala that's happening May night a Sony
Studios, But how let's talk aboutthe Alzheimer's Association. I know for a
lot of people, they don't knowwhere to start. I'm so grateful for
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this organization because even just that thathelpline, you know the helpline, it's
eight hundred and two seven to threenine hundred. By the way, eight
hundred two seventy to three nine hundred. This helpline you can call twenty four
to seven. They have multiple languagesand you can call if you just have
a question, you have a concern, you think you know your mom,
your daughter, or a loved onemight be acting fishy. They can guide
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you, they can help you.They also offer a tremendous amount of support.
They have support groups. You know, they back so much research and
they're really kind of like the goto organization if God forbid you have to.
At least you're not alone. You'vegot people to turn to that are
gonna help you figure it out asbest they can. They get a lot
of resources and a lot of helpat alls dot org, the website,
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and that phone number, that eighthundred and two seven thirty nine hundred phone
number. For me, I've personallyused all of those resources, the support
line, the website, the supportgroups I've seen and gone to, have
been fortunate to go to over UCLAand a couple other institutions that we do
fund with our fundraising and seeing whatthey're doing and what they're working on and
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seeing the differences that they're making.But you know, out of all of
those things and the volunteer work thatI've done, I've really created a I
guess another family for lack of abetter phrase, and Alzheimer's family through the
people I have met through support groupsand through to your volunteering, and they've
been there and they've seen it alland they you know, it's it's weird,
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this disease and can manifest itself inso many different ways, and every
person's a little bit different, butto have that network, that family to
lean on situations, it's invaluable.I would have to say that is the
biggest benefit of getting involved and reachingout and connecting with people through the association
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is just building that family of peoplewho've been there and seen it and done
it and experienced it and witnessed itand just you know, sometimes it's just
a matter of calling them and sayinghi, and they know, you know,
they know what's going on, andit's just they know you're going through
a tough time family. Yeah,exactly. Well, and you mentioned our
website. All dot org is thewebsite alz dot org. They have chapters
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all over the country, but ofcourse Ken and I volunteered and work with
the the Southman chapter here in southernCalifornia. The website's got that phone number
on it. The website offers somany resources information about those support groups.
It's in everything you need to knowabout Alzheimer's at alls dot org. As
you try to kind of like learnand navigate your way through this. Once
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a family member is diagnosed, andyou know, they say, we can't
prevent from getting Alzheimer's not yet.I hope that's going to change down the
road. But the Alzheimer's Association isvery keen on let's do everything in our
power to stay healthy, physically healthy, emotionally healthy, and mentally healthy.
Let's start exercising everything head to toe. Now, don't wait till it's too
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late. They've got a section onthe website at alls dot org that's ten
healthy habits for your brain. Youknow, positive everyday actions can make a
difference in brain health, so evenlowering the risk of cognitive decline and possibly
Alzheimer's and dementia. And they've gotthese great tips on there. And last
time I had the executive director onthe show talking about Alzheimer's, she said,
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you know, start with a simplething that you can do every day,
like maybe start brushing your teeth withyour other hand, you know,
start doing things opposite your brain's like, whoa wait a minute. You know,
my grandma is older, she's notdiagnosed with Alzheimer's, but in her
nineties we're always like, okay,grandma, let's get the crossword puzzles out,
you know, always trying to keepher brain active and you know sharp
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as best began at ninety six.It's it's tough, but you know,
puzzles every day, crossword puzzles.You know, don't just do it later
in life because you're bored. Let'sstart now. Get get that brain exercise
in. Yeah. Absolutely, Ithink you're you're one hundred percent correct.
And as a testament to that,I think, like my mom, she
she refused to let that disease defineher in for the seven eight years that
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she was doing well, she didall those things and beyond that, the
exercise activity. You need that stimulation, you know, social stimulation. You
need to be around people, youneed to be around kids, grandkids,
you need all those things helped herso much. You know, outside of
that, you've got your your What'sgood for your heart is good for your
brain. It's very very important.And you have to protect your sleep.
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That is so important. Yeah,and physical fitness is important for all of
us, but especially for a guylike you. You're the co owner and
founder of the Box and Burn Gymin Santa Monica, that's right. Yeah,
so you're all about promoting fitness forfolks of all ages. Because I
saw you do a lot with kidson your website. Yeah, we do
kids all the way up to youknow, much older individuals, and it's
you know, those are the agesthat are kind of on the end of
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those that spectrum, whether the youngeror older, those those are really the
ones that are the most fun towork with and they get it. They
understand the importance of it, andit's so inspiring to see, especially older
individuals that want to come in.And you know, we think of boxing
as this very physical, you know, dangerous sport, but we teach it
in a way that is here towardsfitness and talk about brain stimulation. Asking
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your body to do something you've neverdone before is really cool. We actually
host the program here. It's actuallyfor people living with Parkinson's. It's called
rock Steady. But that's also avery very inspiring, cool thing to see.
It just highlights the importance of challengingyour brain on a daily basis and
the importance of that. Where canpeople go to find out more about your
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gym and your programs? Yeah,boxinburn dot com, the letter N not
box, the letter N b Ur N dot com, love it,
love it and again promoting physical fitness, brain fitness. A wealth of information
on the Alzheimer's website Alls dot org. We've got that phone number eight hundred
two seventy two thirty nine hundred,and we have a big fundraiser coming up
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that we would love to see youat if you can buy a ticket and
join us. It's going to bean incredible night, and you're actually going
to be a featured speaker at theMagic of Music gala happening May night at
Sony Studios. Yeah, I'm speaking, We'll see I need to. I'm
starting to train. Well, see, you're on the flyer. You're on
the flyer, Kevin. You can'tback out now, come on, I
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know, talking about accountability. Yeahno, I mean you put a camera
in my face or put me upin a bunch of people, I'll forget
my name. But look, thisis something that I care so much about,
very passionate about in the way thatit's affected my family and my mom,
my dad, and my brothers andall that, and so you know,
I will do whatever this association,whatever they ask me to do,
and I do an honor of her, you know, I'll do it.
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So if that means stand in frontof a bunch of people at a gala
and talk and to share our experienceand try to motivate people to you know,
donate and to advocate for this cause. I'll do it. Yeah,
amen to that. And you knowthis is going to be an incredible night.
A lot of hard work is goinginto this thing. The Magic of
Music Gala, big fundraiser benefiting theAll Shammer's Association Thursday, May night at
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the Sony Studios in Culver City,hoping to just bring a ton of people
together to make a difference, raisethis money and make a difference. Look,
I've been fundraising and doing this foryears, but what's so exciting now
in the last couple of years iswe can actually point and say, hey,
look we've got We've got two FDAapproved drugs that are out there now
and treating not just a band aid, but are actually dealing with the mustry
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of the brain and changing and helpingpeople fight this. And I know that
I think you believe there's a thirdone in the pipeline. You know,
they're really working on early diagnosis sothat we can figure out who who's got
it and then we can you know, the earlier you figure out you've got
it, the better you can dealwith it and extend those those quality years.
So that's all the money supports thattype of research. It's so cool
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to be able to point to thatnow and say, hey, look it's
working well. Kevin. Thank youagain for all that you do for the
Alzheimer's Association, raising money on behalfof your mom to change the course of
the future of Alzheimer's. And welook forward to seeing you with the magic
of music Gala doing your big inspirationaltalk. Don't be nervous. We'll be
there, clap it loud for youand turn you on on a Thursday,
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May ninth, Sony Studios, CulverCity and all the info and ticket details
alls dot org slash so cal.Thanks Kevin. We'll see you for sure
on the ninth, if not before. All right, he sounds good,
Well, I appreciated, Li said, thanks for having me. Thank you,
Kevin. Right, and again we'retalking all things Alzheimer's and the Alzheimer's
Association. They are the leading voluntaryhealth organization, by the way, and
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all things Alzheimer's care. Alzheimer's supportAlzheimer's research, and they've got that eight
hundred number you can call twenty fourto seven any time if you have a
question, if you have a lovedone that's starting to show signs or acting
questionable, they can get you helpor even just be there to listen.
They can help in so many ways. Just know that they are there.
Twenty four seven when you call thisnumber eight hundred two seven to two thirty
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nine hundred, eight hundred two seventwo thirty nine hundred and speaking of twenty
four seven on the line, Now, I've got two ladies who have been
working twenty four seven on this bigAlzheimer's fundraiser, The Magic of Music Gala
May ninth, Sony Studios in CulverCity, hosted by Kate Flannery and Jane
Lynch. They'll also be honoring themovie Still Alice, in which the actress
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Julianne Moore won an Oscar for herperformance as woman with Alzheimer's. Will also
be honoring Maria Shriver and her sonPatrick Schwarzenegger as innovators in brain health with
their mash bars that promote brain health. And oh for the music industry onnore,
iHeartMedia Los Angeles. Oh yeah,gonna be a great night for such
an important cause. And on totell us more, I got the co
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chair of the gala and the liveauction share of the gala. Camille Goldstein
and Kelly Stone, Hi, ladies, Wow, okay, so as you
just heard, you know, Kevin'sstory very personal, obviously involved in fundraising
in a major way for all thingsAlzheimer's, all things the Alzheimer's Association,
on behalf of his mom. Iknow you ladies have been working so hard
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on the big Magic of Music galacome up May ninth on Sony Studios.
I mean, putting down a charityevent is it is no easy task.
It is all encompassing. It ismonths and months and months and months and
months of hard work. So hatsoff to you already because I cannot wait
for our big night. But Ialso know you're putting in all this time
and effort for free, essentially onyour own time, because Alzheimer's is so
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very personal everyone involved. It's sovery personal. How is it personal to
you, Camille? Yeah, itis super personal yet and I am donating
my time in wanting to create awarenessfor and honor my mother who was just
recently exhibiting a lot of symptoms andshe hasn't been formally diagnosed, but definitely
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a major change over the last coupleof years, so we're sort of in
getting stages of it. But thatthat is my why for sure, Kelly,
what about you? Truly A girlfriendof mine passed away five years ago
from a complication of several lot ofimmune disease and then therefore early on set
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dementia Alzheimer's and very frightening because weboth had lupus, and you know,
lupus does affect your vascular system inyour brain, and I don't think I
really knew a lot about it before, so I definitely became more curious.
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And my mother is ninety one,and three years ago my mother had a
stroke, and I think prior toher stroke, I was noticing, you
know, some brain related possible earlydementia. But she's pretty honest, and
she's pretty quick and together. Andas she now is aging in her life,
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and I think the damage from thestroke, I'm more and more see
what's happening with her. And becauseof that, because I hang out with
all these wonderful women that are alsoaging with her, I'm confronted by Alzheimer's
every day. And you know,we just were having a lunch with a
friend and I said, you know, now, at my age and this
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time in my life, it's unusualthat when we sit down for dinner with
a friend or to have a conversation, someone says, hey, what are
you up to? What are youworking on? Because I'm always working on
some charity event as Camilas and Isaid, right now, I'm all in
on Alzheimer's, and the other personat the table goes, oh, my
god, thank you so much.My mom was diagnosed last week, and
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so it is a cause that definitelyhas a voice. Definitely, people hear
more about Alzheimer's than they do otherdiseases that have you know, people that
are are championing those illnesses and diseases. But I think the research of Alzheimer's
and what's happening now is super important. And I think the magic of music
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is so appropriate because music. WhenI go to my mom's place, it's
all the programs are around music,and I see women, you know,
much more advanced than my mom,and my mom has not been diagnosed with
Alzheimer's, but you know, they'llput on these old show tunes and these
ladies jump up and they're dancing andsinging. And the recollection that people have
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with music is so incredible with thebeat, with the songs, the sing
along, the memories, the happymemories that they trigger, that the songs
trigger. Yeah, right, Somusic is where it's at. Hence we
love iHeartRadio and so perfect that youguys are working with us, and I
think we've got a real powerhouse ofyoung people behind us. And people are
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you know, they're getting it nowtheir friends' parents, their grandparents, their
parents, family members, and it'sreally important and we're putting a big voice
behind it. So I'm super proudto be involved. And you know,
the money we're raising from events likethe Magic of Music Gala May ninth at
Sony Studios. You know, thisis how we want to change. We
want to rechart the course of Alzheimer's, you know, for for not to
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be selfish, but for our futureand for our kids' future. You know,
we want to eradicate this dise easier. The more research that's fueled,
the more we can change, offermore alternatives or alternative treatments for those you
know, during the early onset ofAlzheimer's, or maybe God forbid one day
help find a way to prevent itor stop it, or find a cure
so everyone coming together and creating eventslike this. I mean, the easy
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part for people listening is they goto alls dot org slash SoCal and buy
a ticket and join us. Becauseyou all have created an amazing night that
wrete doors open at six o'clock.We've got a VIP reception, incredible food
from Wolfgang Puck, catering, liveauction, dancing, and surprise musical guests.
It's gonna be a great night,yes. So then I will be
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hosted by award winning actresses Jane Lynchand Kate Planery Ah who will perform so
fun. They'll perform songs from theiranti cabaret, which is hysterical. They
are nothing but fun. Their anticabaret is called two Ustles. And then
we also have musical talent such ascontemporary jazz sanger Antonia Bennett, daughter of
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the late Tony Bennett. And wehave Broadway story Evet Gonzales Nasa from the
first national tour of Milan Rouge aswell. And we have many other surprise
performances which we will save for allthe lucky people coming. Love it,
Love it. And still Alice isthe film industry honoree Still Alice that starred
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Juliane Moore. You know she gotthe oscar for her performance as a woman
who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Whatthat was like. Yes, there's an
important song in that written by Lylelove It. So I think all these
things together are gonna be an amazingevening for a great cause. And a
big part of any fundraiser is auctionitems. And I know that you and
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Kelly have been working very hard topull together some things that will be available
that night if folks are able tobuy a ticket and then join us,
if you you know, can budgetnow for May ninth, because wow,
it will be worth it with thisincredible lineup of things that you have to
offer and hopes of raising more money. Oh my goodness. Well, first
of all, our live auction paddleis going to be held by auctioneer captivating
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Billie Harris. He is one ofa common personality and an each correspondent Cassie
Delora will be helping him out forlive auction. And then the items Kelly
tell us about some of the amazingitems. We've kind of going, gosh,
we have amazing items. And ifyou know anything about Billy Harris,
he just makes it a riot.He's so fun and really gets the audience
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going, so I'm super excited tobe working with Billy on this. We
have some great vacations. We haveone in Pioneer Town which is outside of
Joshua Tree that is a gorgeous privatehome that comes with many other activities like
stargazing, hiking, atv experiences amazing. We have a week at the Four
(24:45):
Seasons Costa Rica, Papagaya Peninsula righton the water in a private resident seventh
night for eight people with the poolon the beach. We have a skiing
ski out incredible home, six bedroom, six bath in Big Sky. We
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have a safari to Botswana, myGod. We have six nights on a
Virgin Voyage cruise. We have RobbieKrieger's guitar from the doors and a video
of him signing it. We haveAndre Baccelli signed bow tie in the program
from the night he wore it.We have a Nobel Peace Concert poster signed
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by Oh my Goodness, Angelica Houston, Lionel Ritchie, My Sister, Sharon
Stone, Rihanna John Legend, KatStevens, Wenona Ryder, Colleen Rubio.
I mean, it goes on andon and on, and we have guitars
signed by Little Big Town Lady Wilson. We have a suite at a Chargers
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game for twenty people with IP parkingand all kinds of swag. We have
tickets on the glass at a King'sgame. We have a barbecue for fifty
people. We have a Ferrari experiencethat's going to happen in Sonoma where you
go on the track with the cars. You're hosted by Ferrari, an amazing
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say including the lodge and a superexciting item that does not come on the
auction block. If ever, ifwe have one week at Necker Island,
all expenses included, Wow, RichardBranson's private island seven nights including your hotel,
tax, meals, alcoholic drinks,sailboating, kite surfing, wakeboarding,
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paddle boarding lessons, and just havinga blast on the amazing Necker Island.
And I am so thankful to myfriend Richard Branson for his generosity, not
only with the crews, but withNecker Island. Arren. Yes, Yes,
pretty dang exciting is what iHeartRadio.I would love you to tell us
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about what iHeartRadio is doing. Sotell us about that. Well, I'll
tell you musically. I know you'vegot so many cool signed guitars. So
with that, iHeart Media will beadding on kind of you know, a
whole bunch of tickets to see OhI don't know, Avril Levine Live with
the Kia Forum, Third Eye BlindLive at the Greek Theater, Jennifer Lopez
Live at the Honda Center, PinkLive at Dodgers Stadium, Usher Live,
(27:25):
you know, Ushers doing the firstconcert at the new Clippers Arena, the
new Into It Dome. So it'stickets into all those shows, however you
want to package them, Kelly,we're giving you all those tickets to auction
off. And then for my fellowDodgers fan. Because part of the iHeart
family is AM five to seventy LASports, I was able to get a
very generous pair of the behind homeplate dugout seats, Yes, the ones
(27:47):
where you're on TV the entire game. Whoever gets this VIP package will get
those coveted seats right behind home plate. And thank you to Berrying Patty Siegel.
These are their personal seats, bythe way, so normally these would
be very pricey, but thanks tothem, they're gonna be auctioned off to
raise money for the Alzheimer's Association.At our big event of May ninth,
(28:08):
you'll get the whole VIP Dougout experience, VIP close parking, that incredible VIP
dinner with drinks down on the DugoutClub, Dodgers merch custom jerseys from a
five to seventy LA sports meet andgreet with Deeter Rule the organ player and
Oral Herscheizer in the press booth,and more so. I heart the Dodgers
VIP package. So all that andso much more able. Yeah for auction,
(28:34):
and all we need people listening todo is buy a ticket and join
us May ninth, Sony Studios inCulver City, the Magic of Music Gala,
raising money for the Alzheimer's Association.We can't wait to see you.
Tickets and details right now at allsdot org, slash so Cal Kelly and
Camille and everyone who's been working sohard on this. I can't wait to
(28:57):
see it all come together and seeeverybody out there on May night. We'll
see you, Lisa, Thank you, thank you, thank you,
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