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The Alzheimer's Association invites you to become an Alzheimer's advocate. Join us and speak up for the needs and rights of people with Alzheimer's disease and their families. Alzheimer's advocates play an important role in improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with Alzheimer's disease and their families by working to improve dementia care and services; improve access to community-based care; improve quality care in residential settings; and expand funding for research and public programs serving people with dementia. As an advocate, you will:
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 Click here for a video with Director of Government Relations Debbie Warburton speaking about importance of Alzeheimer's advocacy.
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Landmark legislation passes |
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The National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) is the largest legislative victory in many years for the Alzheimer's cause. Over the last several years, the Alzheimer's Association has been the leading voice in urging Congress and the White House to pass the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA). The National Alzheimer's Project Act will create a coordinated national plan to overcome the Alzheimer's crisis and will ensure the coordination and evaluation of all national efforts in Alzheimer's research, clinical care, institutional, and home- and community-based programs and their outcomes. Alzheimer's advocates were instrumental in moving NAPA through Congress. More than 50,000 e-mails, nearly 10,000 phone calls and more than 1,000 meetings by the Alzheimer's Association and its advocates led us to the historic legislative |
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This is the beginning of the US HHS’s commitment – as part of the National Alzheimer Plan – to educate and build awareness about Alzheimer’s: |