Shape the future of Alzheimer’s prevention by supporting LEAP!

Lifestyle Empowerment for Alzheimer’s Prevention (LEAP!) is the innovative KU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center educational program that gives participants a head start on improving brain health and preventing dementia. 

Thanks to support from community members like you, we launched the LEAP! program in 2015, providing hundreds of online and in-person classes. Since then, we’ve reached over 7,000 participants – including individuals facing cognitive impairment, those at risk for cognitive change, care partners and supporters and many more. We’ve created the Brainpower Blueprint manual, video lessons and a multitude of helpful guides and resources. 

With dementia cases expected to triple by 2050, many experts believe prevention strategies are a public health imperative. Growing evidence supports the importance of lifestyle changes, with thousands of new publications in the past five years alone. Research suggests that 40 to 60% of Alzheimer’s cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing modifiable factors.

LEAP! empowers our community with practical education on six factors that can be transformative to brain health: physical activity, exercise, nutrition, sleep, cognitive and social engagement and stress management. Our simple strategies can benefit everyone, including participants experiencing cognitive changes or those interested in prevention.

Opportunities to participate in LEAP! include attending our 6-week Brain Health Boot Camps, joining our 4-week Mediterranean Diet courses and connecting with other participants in our alumni program. 

Now more than ever, it’s critical for brain health education to reach as many people as possible. Over the past 10 years, we’ve reached over 7,000 people with our low-cost programs, but we need your support to equip thousands more with life-changing prevention strategies. 

Thousands have benefited from LEAP! – read what one of them has to say:
“I am so grateful [for the LEAP! program]. I no longer live in fear of getting Alzheimer's disease because I learned so many positive lifestyle changes that will lessen my chances of suffering from this terrible disease. I can't thank you enough for the thorough education and all the resources that I have built into my lifestyle now. The LEAP! program and the grace of God has helped me take charge of my lifestyle to live a healthier, fuller life.” 

Join us in creating hope and healthier futures through brain health education. Together, we can change the course of Alzheimer's disease.