They Are Still Here, and They Can Still Contribute”: What He Learned From Alzheimer’s at Age 51

They Are Still Here, and They Can Still Contribute”: What He Learned From Alzheimer’s at Age 51

By Esther Kentish | February 8th, 2019

Before being diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s in his early 50s, Jeff Borghoff received several misdiagnoses from different doctors and was even put on medication for epilepsy before being accurately diagnosed. As an Alzheimer’s advocate, he believes legislation should be passed that requires physicians to attend education centers where they can learn more about Alzheimer’s to effectively diagnosis people. When it comes to the public, he says people often say to him, “You don’t look like you have Alzheimer’s.” Borghoff takes this statement as an opportunity to educate people about Alzheimer’s and eliminate some of the stereotypes surrounding the disease.

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