Sep 03 What if we had an open talk about early-onset Alzheimer’s?
Nicole and Cooper have a candid chat with Jay Reinstein, Former Assistant City Manager of Fayetteville, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. His decision to go public about his diagnosis and the impact on his family are among the topic areas explored. To Jay, it was very important to him being in a very public position to use his role as an opportunity to educate people about the disease, give him an opportunity to share what he is going through, and also be able to answer questions in a way that is open, honest and vulnerable. Jay feels that there is not a lot of support out there, especially for the younger people with the disease. His biggest fear about going public was that he was going to be judged and that folks would feel that he would not be able to do his job, make the decisions that he needed to make for the county and represent the needs of the community in the way he had in the past.
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