Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t strike just the elderly. The 200,000 Americans diagnosed with dementia before age 65 need Older Americans Act services like in-home care, transportation and family caregiver training.
Alzheimer’s Association advocates have asked members of Congress to cosponsor the Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Act. The bill will let the Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington (and other such agencies) serve these families too.
I am grateful that Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler has cosponsored this needed legislation. Please join me in urging Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to join her as cosponsors.
This advocacy is so important to me because I am a Board Member for the Alzheimer’s Association and see so many people affected by the disease and the heavy burden that families carry.
All our members of Congress should continue to actively support policies that address Alzheimer’s disease as the national public health crisis it is.
