LEAD Coalition Calls for Historic FY2016 Federal Investments in Care, Support, and Research

One hundred seven LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to the U.S. House and Senate appropriations leadership calling for swift passage of a FY2016 spending package including a $350 million boost in Alzheimer’s and related dementia research, along with substantial increases in care and services programs. Read the Senate and House versions of the letter.

The Family Caregiver Platform Project; A Novel Nonpartisan Initiative

by Victoria Walker MD, CMD Caregiving is a universal human experience. Nearly all of us will find ourselves caring for another person who is ill, cognitively or physically disabled, elderly, or frail. Also, most of us will find ourselves needing care eventually, especially if we live long lives. A third of those living past the […]