Globally, more people die from Alzheimer’s consequences than from many other life-threatening diseases. For example, more people die due to complications from Alzheimer’s than they do from Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer combined. In fact, in the time it has taken to read this, at least one more person has been diagnosed with the disease since, according to the World Alzheimer’s Report, someone is diagnosed every three seconds.

But the massive impact of Alzheimer’s isn’t just far-reaching. For each individual, it is deeply destructive as it tears down the memories and routines they have built and embraced throughout a lifetime.

As it takes hold, three characteristic symptoms quickly begin to materialize: event repetition, chronological alteration, and memory loss. Raise awareness of these symptoms, along with an understanding.

To raise awareness about these key symptoms and how to combat them, A.L.M.A , an international organization with a mission to fight Alzheimer’s, joined forces with Claudia Piñeiro, an award-winning author renowned throughout Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world. We transformed one of her bestsellers “Una suerte pequeña” or “A little luck” into 3 separate versions, each tackling one of the 3 key symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

We exhibited these three versions of Piñeiro’s best-seller at a top, highly visited bookstore chain where more than 1 Million people visit per month, sharing a message through these books that raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and, more specifically, the need to combat the debilitating nature of its 3 characteristic symptoms.

We did this by constructing each of the three versions to address and reinforce 1) Even repetition; 2) memory loss 3) Chronological alteration

The strategy was to attack the stories and how to be relevant and literal to communicate a message that speaks of the alteration of the stories, of our stories, through books that also tell stories and that when we alter them, taking into account any of the 3 main symptoms of Alzheimer's, things happen like the ones we literalize in the making of these three different books.

The books were exhibited in the most important Bookstores in the country so that people can interact with them, assimilate the message and raise awareness about any of these symptoms that could occur in them or in someone close to them.