The LEAD November newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD November newsletter now available
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 […]
LEAD September newsletter now available
The LEAD September newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
LEAD Coalition Urges House Committee to Convene Alzheimer’s & Dementia Hearing
Seventy-one LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to the House Energy & Commerce Committee encouraging it convene a hearing this fall on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, with a particular focus on implementation of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. Read the letter.
LEAD August newsletter now available
The LEAD August newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
Service To Those With Dementia Makes All The Difference
by Paul Rusk, executive director, Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin Recently, a 67-year-old gentleman wrote this evaluation of our Crossing Bridges Educational Discussion Group: “This program is invaluable. You are a life raft in a sea of fear, grief, confusion, anger and guilt. I don’t know what I would have done without you.” Comments […]
LEAD Coalition Urges Senators, Representatives to Cosponsor the HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act
Fifty-seven LEAD Coalition member organizations and supporters wrote to all Members of Congress encouraging them to cosponsor the the Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education (HOPE) for Alzheimer’s Act (S.709/H.R. 1507) which would help ensure that individuals receive an appropriate diagnosis, and that they and their family get critical information about the disease and available care options. Read the House letter […]