The LEAD March newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD March newsletter now available
LEAD February newsletter now available
The LEAD February newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD January newsletter now available
The LEAD January newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD December newsletter now available
The LEAD December newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD Coalition Calls on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to Encourage Cognitive Screening in Older Adults
Sixty-seven LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters joined a formal comment submitted to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in response to its “Draft Recommendation Statement: Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults.” The comment urged USPSTF to issue a final Recommendation Statement grade of A or B, meaning the cognitive screening of older […]
LEAD November newsletter now available
The LEAD November newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
My Journey from Caregiver to Activist
By Lynda Everman I’ve spent 18 years as an Alzheimer’s caregiver and the last four as an activist. This certainly was not my plan. My 81-year-old dad began to show symptoms of dementia in 1994, the same year that former President Ronald Reagan published his now famous letter to the American people announcing his diagnosis […]
LEAD October newsletter now available
The LEAD October newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD Coalition Urges Swift Action on ABLE Act
Forty-three LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to congressional sponsors of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2013 (S. 313/H.R.647) encouraging enactment this year. Read the letter.
Ending the Disparate Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on African-Americans
by Stephanie Johnson Monroe, Director of the African American Network Against Alzheimer’s African Americans experiencing health disparities is not new. In fact, according to former Surgeon General of the United States and Honorary Chair of the African American Network Against Alzheimer’s, Dr. David Satcher, race based health disparities in the United States are both “pervasive […]