disease. that number is expected to triple by 2050. there s a dramatic impact of the disease on women. according to this new study, when a woman reaches her 60s, she s about twice as likely to develop alzheimer s as breast cancer. nbc special anchor maria shriver was among the first shining a light on this connection back in 2010 in her shriver report. this morning on the today show, she shared the story of angie carillo. in 2008, her husband john, a successful cpa, was diagnosed with alzheimer s disease, leaving her as the full-time breadwinner and care giver. when you re in your mid 50s, you re looking at retirement and what s going to happen after you retire. john and i had a whole plan. and all of a sudden, that was not going to happen.
disadvantaged folks into college, applying to college, succeeding in college and graduating? because we know that s the gate way to economic security as well. there are lots of things we can do that don t necessarily require congress. some do. we know the president has called for the extension of the unemployment insurance, which is an important safety net particularly again to women. we know he s called for raising the minimum wage, again, a way of trying to provide that stability to those families holding onto the brink. so there is lots we can do and so we re excited that maria is coming over this afternoon and look forward to having a conversation with her. one of her conclusions as you pointed out was that women need to stay in school as long as they can but that s empowerment. so tuition access for those who are less advantaged is critical to that so everybody is happy the president is meeting with university president. he said today in his cabinet meeting, i ve got a pen and i
two thirds of american women are the primary or co-bread winners of their families and one in three lives near the poverty level. they serve as the focus point for the newly released shriver report. later this afternoon, nbc special anchor maria shriver will meet with president obama to discuss the report. she works hard to hold down a job or even two to provide and parent, often without a partner. to juggle the needs of young children and elderly parents and be the backbone of the family because she has to. she is one missed paycheck, one sick child, one broken down car away from losing it all. and joining me now is maria shriver, author and founder of all of this, the shriver report. maria, all of these years after
shriver. congratulations again. thank you. on the shriver report. and for more on the white house response to the shriver report i m joined by the president s close adviser valerie jarrett. my pleasure. why does the president want to set aside this time and meet with maria and just with a one on one meeting, the impact of this report? well, first of all, i had a chance to be briefed before maria before the holidays on the report. she s done a tremendous job, great research, very important suggestions. and i think the president has invited her to the white house so he can help shine a spotlight on an issue that is very, very important to him. keep in mind, andrea, he was raised by a single mom, a mom who relied on food stamps during a portion of his childhood. he watched his grandmother struggle working in a bank trying to hit the glass ceiling and go through it and getting stopped time and time again.
nobly led by your father and the whole legacy of sarge shriver carried on by you and your brothers. what would you like the shriver corps to do? we re announcing it through the shriver report. what i learned by being first lady in california, there are so many programs that the people don t know about. what we did there is brought them all together. if you re eligible for the earned income tax credit, probably also eligible for health care, might be eligible for food stamps and eligible for energy assistance. there is an innovative ways that the programs can come together and volunteers can actually go out into the streets and help people sign up, stream line the process and modernize the process, innovate on the ground. i m hopeful that the shriver corps will be able to make it a more streamlined process to get it and be made aware of the programs that exist. thank you so much, maria