Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare Honors November as National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

New York, NY, November 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The widespread effects of Alzheimer's Disease on millions of Americans every year is staggering. This is why Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare supports National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month in the spirit of sharing facts about helpful services available to patients and their families.

Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative disease affecting the brain. It destroys memory cells and affects a patient's ability to carry on simple tasks and eventually leads to death. The death rate from Alzheimer’s Disease, which is the sixth leading cause of death in the US, has increased by sixty-eight percent since 2000. The death rate is in sharp contrast to the top five leading causes of death, which have actually decreased their corresponding numbers of resulted deaths. Fortunately, services are available to help not only to ease the transition facing patients and their families, but to help support them through the process. Support groups are available for patients, their caregivers, children, and spouses that meet all over New York and around the country. The main website of the National Alzheimer’s Association, www.Alz.org, provides helpful resources for those looking to find support groups or educate themselves on the disease.

“Alzheimer's Disease affects an entire family, not just an individual. We're so glad that resources are available to help those family members providing care for their loved ones, as well as those needing help coping with such a dramatic change in their lives. We look forward to the day that this disease begins to recede and we send our thoughts and prayers to those struggling to adjust,” said Ari Silberstein, the administrator at Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare.

Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a 195-bed premier skilled nursing and rehabilitation care center providing comprehensive inpatient care to adults of all ages. Located at 78 Birchwood Drive, South Huntington, NY, 11746, Apex's professional and compassionate staff provides around-the-clock medical and nursing care in a comfortable and caring environment that centers around its residents. Apex offers exceptional post-acute short-term rehabilitation as well as long-term care. Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare provides the full range of physical, occupational and speech therapy as well as wound-care and much more.

For more information on Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare, visiting hours, or general inquiries, contact Ari Silberstein at 631-592-6400 or asilberstein@apexrehabcare.com. Kindly visit our website at www.ApexRehabCare.com. Like us at Facebook.com/ApexRehabCenter and Follow us at Twitter.com/ApexRehabLI.