AFA Awards $100,000 Research Grant to NYU Winthrop Hospital
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AFA awarded a $100,000 grant to NYU Winthrop Hospital for a research project aimed at uncovering the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease and developing new treatments.
The new project has the potential to improve understanding of the causes of Alzheimer's and lead to a treatment that millions of families are hoping for every day.
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Upcoming Educating America Tour and Lecture Series Program Dates
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Click below to register for an upcoming program:
Educating America Tour:
Lecture Series:
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Sue DeMay and her son, Jim biked from
Cleveland
to
Cincinnati
in honor of their loved one who passed away from A
lzheimer's disease
in 2016. Through their five day, 326-mile ride, Sue and Jim heightened public awareness about Alzheimer's disease and raised over $3,800 to date for Alzheimer's research.
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AFA Awards Grants to Public Safety Agencies to Help Fund Wandering Prevention Programs
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AFA awarded a total of $50,000 in grant funding to 10 of its Project Lifesaver members to fund public safety programs which protect individuals living with dementia-related illnesses from wandering.
Congratulations to the following grant recipients:
- Alzheimer's Alliance of Smith County (TX)
- Oneida County Sheriff's Office (NY)
- Newport News Sheriff's Office (VA)
- Saratoga County Sheriff's Office (NY)
- Clark County Sheriff's Office (OH)
- Madison County Sheriff's Office (NY)
- Anchorage Search Team (AK)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (NC)
- St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office (FL)
- Columbus County Sheriff's Office (NC)
AFA provides several grant opportunities to its nonprofit member organizations.
Click here
to learn more about AFA grant programs.
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Congress has made significant progress in the fight against Alzheimer's, but there is more work to do! Below are two bills that would provide additional funding for the fight against Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving Trust Fund:
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY), working with AFA, introduced legislation (
H.R. 3453
) that would allow taxpayers to voluntarily contribute to a new Alzheimer's Research and Caregiving (ARC) Trust Fund through a checkoff box on their income tax forms. Funds raised would support Alzheimer's research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and caregiver support services through the Administration for Community Living (ACL).
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Alzheimer's Disease Research Semipostal Stamp Bill:
Since it was first issued in November of 2017, sales of the
Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp
have raised nearly $1 million for Alzheimer’s disease research at the NIH. Authorization for the stamp, however, runs out in this November.
Legislation in the House (
H.R. 3113)
- introduced by Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) - and in the Senate (
S. 1728
) by Sens. Edward Markey (D-MA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) - would allow the Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp to be sold for an additional six years, providing additional funding for Alzheimer's research.
Contact your representatives in the House and Senate and ask them to cosponsor these bills
(or thank them for their support if they are already cosponsoring). Not sure who your representatives are? Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121 or
click here
.
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Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
is part of Cassena Care, an organization dedicated to providing excellent quality of rehabilitation and nursing care. They offer complete sets of short-term, sub-acute, and long-term rehabilitation and nursing services.
"The three core concepts behind the Cassena Care business model are renew, restore, and rehabilitate – all of which reflect our commitment to optimizing both emotional and physical health and to giving our patients everything they need to sustain good health for years to come," said Marissa DeRosa, Long Beach Rehabilitation Center Community Liaison Specialist. "Maximizing quality of life for each of our patients, while they are with us, and when they return home, is the cornerstone of our work. We honor the individuality, dignity, privacy, and safety of each individual with whom we have the pleasure of working, and we work closely with family members and caregivers to ensure that we stay focused on making everyone involved feel as confident, comfortable, and joyful as possible."
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AFA holds educational, therapeutic and professional training programs throughout the country.
Click here
to check out the AFA events calendar.
See a program you'd like to bring to your area? Contact AFA at 866-232-8484.
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