Dear Editor,
We are living in a historic moment: For the first time, the United States has a National Alzheimer’s Plan. Families whose lives have been forever changed by Alzheimer’s disease are encouraged to see the nation’s leaders taking positive and meaningful steps to begin to change the trajectory of one of the nation’s most feared diseases.
National Alzheimer’s Plan requires funding
The country’s first-ever Alzheimer’s plan would not exist without the important work of Congress, which passed, on a unanimous bipartisan basis, the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), requiring the creation of an annually updated strategic National Alzheimer’s Plan. To fulfill the promise embodied in the new National Alzheimer’s Plan, it is imperative members of Congress continue with the same collaborative approach demonstrated in passing NAPA and commit the necessary resources to accelerate and prioritize the government’s efforts on Alzheimer’s .
This plan is the basis for the budget request of $100 million in new resources to fight Alzheimer’s and it is vitally important that Congress provide these resources in the fiscal year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. Appropriations Committee Member Representative Jack Kingston should support the Alzheimer’s funding.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, including as many as 120,000 here in Georgia. More than 15 million friends and family across the nation are providing care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s and dementia, including 482,575 in Georgia.
Each and every day, as families shoulder the tremendous emotional, physical and financial toll of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s month after month, year after year – they are anxiously awaiting strong implementation of the National Alzheimer’s Plan and they need Representative Jack Kingston’s leadership to ensure the resources necessary to change the trajectory of the disease are committed.
Alzheimer’s is devastating to families from every walk of life. The number of people living with Alzheimer’s will continue to escalate.
Time is of the essence. We must start today to begin to fulfill the national strategy we now have and commit the necessary resources to ensure its successful implementation.
We are at a critical moment and it is incumbent upon the nation’s leaders to follow through with the same collegial, bipartisan spirit they illustrated when passing the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, to now dedicate the appropriate resources to put the plan in motion.
Bonnie J. Sayles,
Programs Director for South Georgia Region
Alzheimer’s Association
This plan is the basis for the budget request of $100 million in new resources to fight Alzheimer’s and it is vitally important that Congress provide these resources in the fiscal year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. Appropriations Committee Member Representative Jack Kingston should support the Alzheimer’s funding.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, including as many as 120,000 here in Georgia. More than 15 million friends and family across the nation are providing care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s and dementia, including 482,575 in Georgia.
Each and every day, as families shoulder the tremendous emotional, physical and financial toll of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s month after month, year after year – they are anxiously awaiting strong implementation of the National Alzheimer’s Plan and they need Representative Jack Kingston’s leadership to ensure the resources necessary to change the trajectory of the disease are committed.
Alzheimer’s is devastating to families from every walk of life. The number of people living with Alzheimer’s will continue to escalate.
Time is of the essence. We must start today to begin to fulfill the national strategy we now have and commit the necessary resources to ensure its successful implementation.
We are at a critical moment and it is incumbent upon the nation’s leaders to follow through with the same collegial, bipartisan spirit they illustrated when passing the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, to now dedicate the appropriate resources to put the plan in motion.
Bonnie J. Sayles,
Programs Director for South Georgia Region
Alzheimer’s Association
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