Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Na yi matukar farin ciki da ganin Julianne Moore ta lashe Oscar don "Still Alice", fim da na yi alfahari da shi kuma na sami damar zama babban mai shirya shi. Julianne ta ba da rawar gani a matsayin farfesa mai shekaru 50 da haihuwa wanda ya rasa kwakwalwarta da kanta ga cutar Alzheimer. Wannan babban lokaci ne ga Julianne - kuma babban lokaci ne ga dukkanmu da muke kokarin mayar da hankalin jama'a kan wannan mummunar cuta. Ganin ci gaban Alzheimer a kan babban allon yana da ban tsoro kamar yadda yake a rayuwa ta ainihi. Na sani, domin ni ɗan Alzheimer ne. Hankalin mahaifina, Sargent Shriver, ya kasance kayan aiki ne mai kyau wanda ya bar mutane cikin tsoro da kuma wahayi. Amma ni da iyalina mun ga cutar Alzheimer ta shafe wannan kwakwalwar -- a hankali, ba tare da jinkiri ba, gaba daya. Abin ban tsoro ne, domin a lokacin, rashin lafiya ta kewaye ta da kunya da kuma shiru. Alzheimer har yanzu yana da alamun rashin sani -- duk da cewa a yau fiye da Amurkawa miliyan 5 ke da ita. Haka ne. Kowane dakika 67, wani daga cikinmu yana kamuwa da cutar Alzheimer. Mata a shekarunsu na 60 da haihuwa sun fi kamuwa da cutar Alzheimer sau biyu fiye da cutar sankarar mama. Tare da 10,000 baby boomers suna cika 65 a kowace rana, za a sami miliyan 13.5 daga cikinmu da cutar Alzheimer nan da shekara ta 2050. Kuma mutane da yawa ba su fahimci cewa Alzheimer ba wani ɓangare na tsufa ba ne. Cutar Alzheimer cuta ce da ke kashewa. Gaskiyar ita ce, muna tsakiyar wata annoba, amma a matsayinmu na al'umma muna cikin ƙin yarda. Oscar don "Still Alice" yana haskaka haske mai haske har zuwa Alzheimer, amma haske bai isa ba. Kulawa bai isa ba. Lokaci ya yi da za a yi tsanani. Cutar Alzheimer tana yin tasiri mai karfi a kan iyalai na Amurkawa -- a kan lafiyarmu, da tattalin arzikinmu, da kuma makomarmu. Kuma mata ne suka fi shan wahala. Me ya sa mata? A shekara ta 2010, lokacin da muka wallafa "Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's", mun ruwaito cewa mata sun fi rabin mutanen da aka gano suna da cutar Alzheimer da kuma kusan kashi biyu bisa uku na masu kula da marasa lafiya da ba a biya su albashi. Yanzu...
Mahaifin Maria Shriver ya kamu da cutar Alzheimer, wata annoba da ke ci gaba a Amurka Mata suna fama da rashin lafiya a matsayin masu fama da rashin lafiya da masu kulawa, in ji ta. Gwagwarmayar kawar da cutar Alzheimer ta kaddamar da shi don cikewa da kudaden gwamnati, in ji ta.