Why I Walk To End Alzheimer’s: Rachel Glatt

The Alzheimer's Association Greater New Jersey Chapter (AAGNJ) is spotlighting people and organizations who are making a difference in the fight to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia, by participating in the 2022 Walk To End Alzheimer’s (WTEA) - the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.

Today we say thank you to Rachel Glatt of East Windsor, who walked to honor her grandmother who passed from Alzheimer’s. Rachel is a Grand Champion member of Team Springpoint at Home, having raised more than $1,300 so far. The 2022 Mercer-Middlesex Walk to End Alzheimer’s, took place on Saturday, September 17 at Veterans Park in Hamilton Township, NJ, but participation and fundraising continues through December 31. Rachel’s extraordinary passion and dedication to helping all those affected by the disease has inspired and motivated others to get involved. The funds raised by her effort, and others, helps propel the Association’s mission forward - accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

"We are very lucky to have Rachel volunteer with us. She is passionate and dedicated to our cause, and we are thankful for her efforts. Rachel was a constructive member of the 2022 Mercer-Middlesex Walk Planning Committee, and has already achieved Grand Champion status," said, Judi Dawson, walk manager, AAGNJ.

Rachel explains, “Professionally, I am a social worker, but my title at work is geriatric care manager/aging life care advisor. A majority of my clients have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. This became my life’s passion after helping my parents take care of my beloved grandmother for five years until she died.”

More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S. and the only disease among the top 10 that cannot be cured, prevented, or even slowed. Additionally, more than 11 million family and friends provide care to people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias in the U.S. In New Jersey alone, there are more than 190,000 people living with the disease and 361,000 caregivers.

Learn more at alz.org/njwalk. To donate, text 2ENDALZ to 51555, or contact Judi Dawson at judawson@alz.org for more information.