The Alzheimer's Foundation has been hard at work in the past year to achieve several goals set forth to benefit the Staten Island Community afflicted by Alzheimer's disease
The National Alzheimer’s Association of Staten Island opened its doors in 1980, the result of seven support groups joining together to meet the needs of families coping with a disease that was, at that time and to most people, merely an unpronounceable word. Cause committed and dedicated, this handful of volunteers laid the groundwork for our National organization, as we know it today.

As founding president, Jerome Stone provided leadership for the evolution of what we know today as the Alzheimer’s Association through its beginnings as an answering machine in a New York City office. In just eighteen years, the growth of the Association has no doubt surpassed the hopes and dreams of its founders. The network has grown from 20 Associations in 1980 to over 220 Associations in all 50 states.

Throughout this extraordinary growth, the one thing constant has been the mission of the Association to provide funding for research and prevention, cure and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and to support and assist people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. Together, National and our Association network have carried out this mission through research, education, Association formation, advocacy and patient and family services. These services now assist over 4 million individuals and their families who are greatly impacted by the disease.