Federal budget sequestration represents a looming threat to funding for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders care, support and research. Eighteen LEAD Coalition member and partner organizations have joined with the Friends of the National Institute on Aging (FoNIA) in urging Congressional leaders to work aggressively toward a balanced budget solution that avoids cuts to aging […]

The LEAD September Newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

The LEAD August Newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

As federal agencies, the business and non-profit sectors work to implement America’s first-ever “National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease,” a wide cross section of LEAD member organizations are calling on Congress to examine the foundation being laid for progress on the aggressive and urgently needed goals of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by 2025, […]

The LEAD July Newsletter has been posted. View it online here. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 15 released the nation’s first annual National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, marking the beginning of the end of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders as we have known them. The Obama Administration has set an ambitious, achievable and absolutely indispensible roadmap to effectively treat […]

As U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius works toward the mid-May release of America’s first-ever “National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease,” a wide cross section of LEAD member organizations recently joined together to support the full set of recommendations by the Advisory Council on Research, Care and Services–highlighting a collective sense of urgency for […]

As Secretary Sebelius and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services work toward the mid-May release of the first annual National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, on April 17th the public Advisory Council on Research, Care and Services unanimously approved and submitted a comprehensive set of 36 recommendations to improve Alzheimer’s research, care and services. […]

Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease (LEAD), a national coalition of key organizations committed to sharing information and advocating for national policies related to Alzheimer’s disease research and care issues, has named Ian Kremer of Fairfax, VA as its executive director. Kremer comes to this post after having led the public policy and advocacy arm of the Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter for the past 15 years.