The article announces the winners of the Best of Johnson County Senior Living awards, highlighting Lakeview Village as the top retirement, assisted living, and in-care home assistance provider, and SeniorCare Homes as the best memory care center, emphasizing their comprehensive services and community features.
Geri Taylor, a former executive, experienced cognitive decline and was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's. She participated in a trial for the now-discontinued drug aducanumab, which seemed to pause her cognitive decline for seven years. However, the trial was abruptly halted, and when it resumed, her disease had progressed too far for the drug to be effective. Despite this setback, Geri and her husband continue to advocate for Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers, emphasizing the need for ethical treatment and increased research funding for the disease.