by Reisa Sperling For so many years now, the focus of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research has been on trying (and failing) to manage Alzheimer’s symptoms at later stages of the disease, rather than preventing these devastating symptoms from developing in the first place. And over the past ten years or so, as we are painfully […]
Eighty-seven LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to the U.S. House and Senate appropriations leadership urging them to include in the FY 2015 spending package the $100 million increase above FY 2014 levels for the National Institute on Aging (NIA) that the Senate appropriations committee included in its draft Labor, HHS and Education bill and the resources provided for […]
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Over one hundred LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to the Director of the Domestic Policy Council offering support for a 2015 White House Conference on Aging with a cross-cutting focus on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Read the full letter.
The LEAD June newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
by Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. The cost of providing care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related illnesses is staggering, unsustainable—and exploding. By 2040, the cost of caring for a person with dementia is projected to hit $1 trillion annually, up from $215 billion in 2010. While initial steps toward actualizing the goals of the government’s […]
Eighty-two LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to the United States House of Representatives and leadership of the Committee on Foreign Affairs urging co-sponsorship and eventual adoption of House Resolution 489 which calls for the United States to lead a global response to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Read the co-sponsorship letter and the committee […]
The LEAD May newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
The LEAD April newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.