Alzheimer's AwarenessThe Alzheimer's Association has always been close to my heart because of how this devastating disease has affected my family.
When I was eight years old, my grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. In January of 2015, he lost his battle to this devastating disease. After providing countless hours of care and service as his caregiver and watching my mother care for him over the years, I realized that I couldn't stand by and do nothing as MILLIONS of Americans are affected by this disease every single day. There are currently 5.7 Million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease, and 120,000 of those people are living in my home state of Tennessee. Every 65 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer's Disease. Every 65 seconds, I have another reason to fight for a cure. No grandchild, sister, brother, cousin, niece, nephew or friend should ever have to watch their loved one lose their life to Alzheimer's Disease.
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Will You Join Me To End Alzheimer's?
In Tennessee, Our legislative Priorities are:
- to implement and update the state Alzheimer's disease Plan
- Improve dementia and alzheimer's specific training
- Increase early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
- To educate the public about risk education
- to preserve medicaid
To learn more about this and our other legislative initiatives, click here.
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