by Alzheimer's Association · Published March 7, 2016 · Last modified March 3, 2016
Does advocacy matter? You bet it does! More than 33,000 advocates chapter-wide persistently emailed, tweeted, marched, called, and visited with their congressional representatives to push for more funding so that we can end Alzheimer’s...
Advocacy / News and notes / Newsletter / Research
by Alzheimer's Association · Published September 7, 2015 · Last modified March 3, 2016
The National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, which was mandated by the 2011 National Alzheimer’s Project Act, has a primary goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s by 2025. Leading scientists have said we...
Advocacy / Alzheimer's champions / News and notes / Profiles / Research
by Alzheimer's Association · Published May 29, 2015 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Wednesday April 29th marked the 15th annual California Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Day. We had volunteers from all over the state come join us, 252 in total (140 from our Northern California and Northern Nevada...
Advocacy / News and notes / Research / Women and Alzheimer's
by Alzheimer's Association · Published March 30, 2015 · Last modified January 19, 2016
I expected the electricity of a 1000 delegates gathered at the Alzheimer’s Advocacy Forum. I expected the excitement of visiting our Senators and Representatives. What I didn’t expect was the power of a purple...
Advocacy / Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver voices / Alzheimer's champions / Caregiving / Research
by Alzheimer's Association · Published March 5, 2015 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Imagine”¦ Imagine your loved one forgetting your birthday, forgetting your face, forgetting you. Imagine your loved one unable to dress herself, comb her hair, brush her teeth, recognize herself in a mirror. Imagine your...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver voices / Profiles / Women and Alzheimer's
by Alzheimer's Association · Published March 14, 2014 · Last modified April 9, 2014
Alzheimer's champions / Karen, advocacy volunteer / Research
by Alzheimer's Association · Published March 5, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
On March 4, more than 130 “ordinary” Californians — all touched in some way by Alzheimer’s disease — convened in Sacramento for the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Advocacy Day. We came from across the state,...
Alzheimer's champions / Karen, advocacy volunteer / Research
by Karen Stevenson · Published October 1, 2013 · Last modified January 19, 2016
It’s been a busy year since I became an Alzheimer’s Association volunteer advocate. I’ve met with Senators and Congresswomen in Washington DC, attended town hall meetings, written letters to the editor, blogged and walked...
