NAC and LEAD Coalition release national report examining roles for caregivers in medical product development

The National Alliance for Caregiving, in partnership with the LEAD Coalition, has released “Paving the Path for Family-Centered Design: A National Report on Family Caregiver Roles in Medical Product Development,” which explores the vital roles that family caregivers can play in shaping biomedical research and development, regulatory decision-making and healthcare delivery. Specifically, the first-of-its-kind report begins […]

LEAD Coalition urges Congress to boost FY 2020 funding for dementia care, support and research

Today, 174 LEAD Coalition member organizations and allies wrote to Congress urging that the FY 2020 appropriations bills include substantial increases in funding to strengthen the national response to Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.  Read the Senate and House letters.

LEAD Coalition Encourages HHS to Strengthen Dementia Objectives in Healthy People 2030 Plan

Today, 170 LEAD Coalition member organizations and allies submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a consensus public comment letter in response to the HHS’s proposed Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) objectives, which are a new set of science-based, 10-year national objectives to improve the health of all Americans. The LEAD Coalition urges additional […]