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April 23, 2008
Funding for Alzheimer's should be top priority
Mature Adult continues to carry the torch in our personal media campaign to pressure our legislators on Capital Hill to fund intense research to find the cause of Alzheimer's disease.
The Alzheimer's Association wants $1.4billion dollars, but so far Congress has refused to allocate it.
We're certain there are members of Congress with family members or friends or constituents with Alzheimer's, the worst of the mental diseases.
In this region, Alzheimer's claims more victims every day. Without the dollars to increase the research required to find the cause, the statistics will climb dramatically during this decade.
The current issue of the Alzheimer Association's newsletter states that critical funding for Alzheimer's research at the National Institutes of Health will remain flat and fail to keep up with inflation.
President Bush in his fiscal 2009 budget proposal rejected the Alzheimer's Association's funding appeal. The budget also eliminated money for other services and care, including a 243-hour helpline, caregiver support groups and professional caregiver training, the association reported.
How cruel can the administration and Congress be? A lot, it seems, and we can't figure out why Congress feels this way.
"Alzheimer's advocates across the country are mobilized, galvanized and focusedon pushing the government to aggressively pursue an end to this insidious disease," said Fredericka Waugh of the Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley chapter. "They are determined make their voices heard and their vote count."
"These Alzheimer's Championswill continue to spread the word among their neighbors, to write letters, send emails and on May 14, they will deliver the message to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that Alzheimer's disease must be addressed and funded as a national priority," Waugh said. To contact Waugh, call (215) 561-2919.
Source: thehammontonnews.com (23 April 2008) [FullText]
The Alzheimer's Association wants $1.4billion dollars, but so far Congress has refused to allocate it.
We're certain there are members of Congress with family members or friends or constituents with Alzheimer's, the worst of the mental diseases.
In this region, Alzheimer's claims more victims every day. Without the dollars to increase the research required to find the cause, the statistics will climb dramatically during this decade.
The current issue of the Alzheimer Association's newsletter states that critical funding for Alzheimer's research at the National Institutes of Health will remain flat and fail to keep up with inflation.
President Bush in his fiscal 2009 budget proposal rejected the Alzheimer's Association's funding appeal. The budget also eliminated money for other services and care, including a 243-hour helpline, caregiver support groups and professional caregiver training, the association reported.
How cruel can the administration and Congress be? A lot, it seems, and we can't figure out why Congress feels this way.
"Alzheimer's advocates across the country are mobilized, galvanized and focusedon pushing the government to aggressively pursue an end to this insidious disease," said Fredericka Waugh of the Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley chapter. "They are determined make their voices heard and their vote count."
"These Alzheimer's Championswill continue to spread the word among their neighbors, to write letters, send emails and on May 14, they will deliver the message to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that Alzheimer's disease must be addressed and funded as a national priority," Waugh said. To contact Waugh, call (215) 561-2919.
Source: thehammontonnews.com (23 April 2008) [FullText]
Labels: Alzheimer's advocacy, Alzheimer's funding
posted by Dr.Koudinov @ 23.4.08
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