Table 5B.

Selected Participant Statements Reflecting the Theme of Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

Statements of Preventing
The earlier you start treatment, the better the medicine for Alzheimer’s works, they think
Yea, there is some new treatment they got up there (the state university)
They are coming out with new ways to treat Alzheimer’s disease
I heard tell of a new drug that will stop it from getting’ worse
Hope they figure it out soon, it’s awful” “Hope they hurry up with it [new drugs]
I think it’s all that crap we are eatin ‘ these days; all the junk; that is what is doin’ us in. If we stopped and went back to farmin’, that would decrease your chances
Well, if there is a way to prevent it, sign me up!
They just need to put it [ways to prevent it]on the radio and on TV; people here listen to one or the other
If you take care of yourself you are going to be okay, and if you don’t, you won’t
You gotta exercise, not smoke, eat right-you know, avoid the sugar, all that stuff
I dunno, exercise might help, and if you call workin in the coal mines all your life exercise, I did.