Alzheimer’s and all dementia are often emotionally and financially devastating. As the number of people living with dementia rises, so too will their interactions with health care, social services and criminal justice services professionals. Unfortunately, those professionals currently receive little or no training in the unique needs of individuals living with dementia.
The Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act would require the Department of Justice (HR 6813) to develop training materials to assist law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, medical personnel, victims services personnel, and others who encounter and support individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Dementia-specific training materials for these professionals will improve the quality of their interactions with individuals living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and will also help protect them from elder abuse.
I have served the past year in the National Early Stage Advisory Group helping to advocate for those with Alzheimer’s.
It's imperative that legislation be passed to protect those living with this disease.
Please join me in asking Congressman Gohmert for him to cosponsor HR 6813 to help protect the more than 5 million American’s living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias by supporting this important bipartisan legislation.
Betty Kirkindoll
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Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act should be passed into law
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