Trillium Woods senior living community raised $3500 for the Alzheimer’s Association, during a BBQ and Flower Sale fundraiser that brought Trillium halfway to their 2025 goal of $20,000.
More than 50 bouquets of flowers of all colors and varieties were on display at Trillium Woods senior living community with Trilllium Woods Memory Care Activities Supervisor Karlee Jerzak on hand as well as members of the Busch family who donated the flowers from Len Busch Roses.
According to the Minnesota Department of Health:
- In 2020, an estimated 99,000 Minnesotans 65 years and older had Alzheimer’s disease.
- By 2025, the number of Minnesotans with Alzheimer’s is expected to increase 21.2% to 120,000, largely due to the state’s population aging.
- In 2019, 210,000 Minnesota adults 45 years and older reported experiencing signs of cognitive decline, which may indicate mild cognitive impairment. Half of those were 45-64 years of age.
- Only four in 10 Minnesotans who noticed signs of cognitive decline had talked with a health care provider about it.