"Across all five countries, a very significant number of people said they would very likely get a test [for Alzheimer's] in the absence of symptoms. And that raises a whole series of issues if we ever had a test to recommend." 1

- Robert Blendon

"Of the 5.4 million Americans estimated with [Alzheimer's] disease, half-- and there is a line of evidence that suggests it could be as high as 80 percent...have not been diagnosed with it." 4

- Matthew Baumgart

"I would say that the bottleneck here, at the moment, is in funding." 10

- Adrian Ivinson

Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, affects millions of people around the world. This Forum event examined the results of a new poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and Alzheimer Europe on perception and awareness of the disease among residents in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain and Poland – and their views on the value of diagnosis.