Posts Tagged ‘Alzheimer’s Association’
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
November is designated as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. President Ronald Reagan made that designation in 1983 and this it is something that is still recognized today. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, at that time there were less than two million people with the disease. In the Ocean State, more than 23,000 Rhode Islanders are living with…
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Sandra Day O’Connor Battles Dementia
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 88, released a statement yesterday announcing that physicians have diagnosed her with the early stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease and the progression of the dementia is forcing her to retire from public life Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, O’Connor was the first woman to serve…
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Federal Grant Supports Rhode Islanders with Dementia and Family Caregivers
Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs (RIDEA) announces that it was one of 22 communities across the country that was awarded a highly competitive grant to continue the agency’s continued support of community-based services for older adults and their family caregivers. The $789,000 federal grant from the Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative by the Administration for…
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National Aging Groups Join Forces to Bring Better Resources to Caregivers
Two national aging organizations join together to bring information to families caring for loved ones with dementia. The Chicago-based Alzheimer’s Association and the Washington DC-based AARP announced today they are collaborating together to extend the reach of the Community Resource Finder, an online database connecting family caregivers with local community resources to help address concerns…
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Splaine Consulting Begins Work to Update State’s Alzheimer’s Plan
The Alzheimer’s Association, Rhode Island, as fiscal agent, recently hired Michael Splaine and Kate Gordon, of Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Splaine Consulting, a small advocacy and government affairs consulting firm. The company’s clients include the Alzheimer’s Association in their public health work with Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Alzheimer’s Disease International, the umbrella organization for…
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Encouraging Earlier Conversations About Alzheimer’s Disease
This month, the Alzheimer’s Association, a volunteer health organization that focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer’s Disease, joins together with persons in the early stages of the disease to encourage families to talk about memory and cognition concerns sooner rather than in the disease’s later stages. They personally know the many benefits…
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