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HERE.

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WE ARE REALLY BRITISHIATE IT.

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TODAY IN AMERICA SOME FIVE

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MILLION PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S

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BUT AS MORE BABY BOOMERS BECOME

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SENIORS THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED

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TO CLIMB TO ROUGHLY SIXTEEN

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MILLION BY 2015.

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WILL PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS BE

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PREPARED TO HANDLE THE GROWING

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NUMBER OF CASES?

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A PROGRAM IN NORTHWESTERN

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UNIVERSITY HAS AN UNUSUAL

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APPROACH TO EQUIP THE NEXT

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GENERATION OF PHYSICIANS.

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JAY SHEFSKY HAS MORE.

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>> Reporter: GEORGE BALCH IS IF

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THE WHAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU

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THINK OF AN ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT.

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I WANT TO THANK YOU FORGETTING

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THIS BOOK FOR ME.

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THIS IS THE SECOND ONE IN THIS

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SERIES.

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>> Reporter: GEORGE HAS DONE A

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LOT IN HIS LIFE, A POLITICAL

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SCIENCE PROFESSOR AN ADVERTISING

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EXECUTIVE AND A PUBLIC HEALTH

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CONSULTANT AND HE IS STILL AN

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AVOID RUNNER.

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ABOUT A YEAR AGO GEORGE WAS

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DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S.

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>> I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS

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WRONG.

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I WAS WORKING ON ONE OF MY

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PROJECTS, BUT ALL THESE PAGES.

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AND WAIT A MINUTE, DID I SEE

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THAT AGAIN.

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THIS ONE, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT

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WAS OVER THERE.

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I WAS REALLY FRUSTRATED.

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SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE.

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I CAN'T DO THIS.

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AND I CAN'T HAVE THIS GO OUT

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WITH MY NAME ON IT.

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AND A FEW MONTHS AFTER HIS

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DIAGNOSIS, GEORGE TOOK ON

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ANOTHER HEALTH RELATED PROJECT.

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>> ERIC, WELCOME!

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GEORGE'S NEW PROJECT IS TO TEACH

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A YOUNG MEDICAL STUDENT ABOUT

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ALZHEIMER'S.

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>> ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE

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THE ONES HERE.

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ERIC IS A FIRST YEAR MEDICAL

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STUDENT AT NORTH WESTERN'S

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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

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HE AND GEORGE SPEND FOUR HOURS

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TOGETHER EACH MONTH AND GO TO

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MUSEUMS AND RESTAURANTS AND

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COFFEE SHOPS, AND SOMETIMES THEY

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JUST SIT AND CHAT.

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>> RUNNING HASN'T BEEN AS BAD AS

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I FEARED IT WOULD BE.

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THIS MORNING...

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>> Reporter: THEIR CONVERSATIONS

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RANGE FROM POLITICS TO RUNNING

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TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

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BUT THE REASON THEY ARE TOGETHER

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IS FOR ERIC TO LEARN ABOUT

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ALZHEIMER'S BY GETTING TO KNOW

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SOMEONE WITH THE DISEASE.

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>> AND HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

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>> Reporter: THEY CAME TOGETHER

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AS PART OF THE BUDDY'S PROGRAM.

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RUN BY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

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COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY AND

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ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CENTER.

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A PROFESSOR AT THE CENTER AND

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CREATED THE PROGRAM IN 1997.

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SHE SAYS IT IS MEANT TO

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SUPPLEMENT THEIR MORE SCIENCIVIC

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STUDY.

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THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT THE FACTS

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OF THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN

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THEIR TEXTBOOKS AND REALLY

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MAKING ROUNDS IN THE HOSPITALS

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AND IN THE OUT PATIENT CLINICS

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AND THEY WILL SEE PATIENTS WITH

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THE DISEASE.

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WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDING

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IS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE,

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AND THAT IS NOT CLINICAL AT ALL.

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>> I FORGOT TO ASK YOU THIS?

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I VAGUELY REMEMBER, VAGUELY IS

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THE ONLY WAY I CAN DO IT, DO YOU

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SEE ANOTHER WORD?

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>> THEY ARE THERE TO LEARN.

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AND DEVELOP A FRIENDSHIP OVER

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THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

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ERIC SAYS FROM THE MOMENT THEY

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MET, HIS IMAGE OF ALZHEIMER'S

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WAS SHAKEN.

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>> I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST

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LESSONS I LEARNED IS THAT PEOPLE

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WITH ALZHEIMER'S HAVE A LOT TO

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OFFER STILL.

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I HAD THE PRECONCEPTION THAT HE

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WOULDN'T BE SO HIGH FUNCTIONING.

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I HAD STEREOTYPED IT.

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>> HE ACTUALLY FOR QUITE A WHILE

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WITHDREW FROM SOCIAL INTERACTION

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AND DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HIS OLD

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FRIENDS, HE WAS AFRAID HE

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WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CARRY ON A

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GOOD CONVERSATION.

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WHEN WE GOT INVOLVED WITH

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NORTHWESTERN AND WE GOT INVOLVED

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WITH THE BUDDY PROGRAM IT MADE A

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BIG DIFFERENCE.

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AND SHE SAYS HER HUSBAND HAS

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IMBRACED THIS NEW PROJECT.

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HE'S A BORN TEACHER.

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AND MEANTOR.

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BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY

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AND FEEL LOOK HE WAS TEACHING

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THEM SOMETHING, EVEN AT THIS

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POINT IN HIS LIVE WAS IMPORTANT.

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ERIC SAYS WHILE MANCHESTER OF

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WHAT HE LEARNED COMES FROM BEING

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WITH GEORGE, GEORGE ALSO OFFERS

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GUIDANCE TO HOW TO BE WITH

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SOMEONE WITH ALZHEIMER'S.

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SOME PEOPLE WOULD THINK OH MY

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GOD MY LIFE IS ALL OVER.

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I WISH I COULD DO IT.

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BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT

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YOU CAN DO.

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GEORGE'S APPROACH TO THE DISEASE

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HAS BEEN REMARKABLY POSITIVE,

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AND PRACTICAL.

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YOU KNOWS HIS SYMPTOMS WILL

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PROGRESS.

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BUT HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE A

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CONTRIBUTION FOR ADMINISTRATION

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HE CAN.

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FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT", THIS IS

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JAY SHEFSKY.

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>>> ON OUR WEBSITE YOU CAN FIND

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OUT MORE ABOUT THE BUDDY

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PROGRAM, AND READ AN INTERVIEW