Bill Clinton: “I really identify with this. I've had an uncle and an aunt with Alzheimer's, and I've seen what it can do to a family.…”

“I really identify with this. I've had an uncle and an aunt with Alzheimer's, and I've seen what it can do to a family. And I admire you so much for staying committed, you and your father, to taking care of your mother. One of the things that I think is important to point out, that you have just illustrated with the story that you had, particularly for families where maybe there's only one person who is caring for an Alzheimer's victim, is that there needs to be some respite care for family caregivers, so people like you and your father can at least take a break and know that you can have a lot of confidence in people who are with your mother. And our plan would provide some help to do that, would make it possible for people who are caring for family members with Alzheimer's to have people come in on a regular basis, like the person who came in for you, all across the country to provide respite care so that you would never have to fear at least having some basic normalcy in your life, that you were hurting your mother. There are people, as you know, all across the country who are doing this now, and Alzheimer's is an issue we have to confront head-on in other ways. We also, in our health care plan, invest more than $20 billion more into preventing and combating diseases that disable older Americans, including Alzheimer's along with breast cancer and heart disease. So I hope that all these things will be helpful to you. And again, I want to thank you for the example you've set. I really appreciate it. Is Goldia Kendall there? Goldia Kendall. Yes, I'm here.”