Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: Emerging Issues and Policy SolutionsBy Debra Miller | Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 3:48 pm Legislators from across the country and other key stakeholders attended the Health Policy Academy on Aging and Alzheimer’s disease, held on October 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the CSG National Conference & North American Summit in Bellevue, Washington. Speakers outlined the growing burden of Alzheimer’s disease, the state of the science around prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease and states’ policy responses to the issues of aging and Alzheimer’s disease. |
State Policymakers Explore Ways to Address Effects of Alzheimer’s DiseaseBy Mary Branham | Friday, October 21, 2011 at 5:31 pm Manny Najera had seen the effects of Alzheimer’s firsthand when he was caring for his aging mother, who suffered from the disease. When he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s last year at age 75, Najera wasn’t surprised. “I was at a different plateau than your usual person who was told you have Alzheimer’s,” he said. |
Special Policy Academy Offered to National Conference RegistrantsBy Jennifer Horne | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 1:43 pm The Council of State Governments invites you to attend Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: Emerging Issues and Policy Solutions, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue in Bellevue, Wash. The session will immediately precede the CSG National Conference and North American Summit, scheduled for Oct. 19-23. |
Alzheimer's Disease and CaregivingBy Debra Miller | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 1:53 pm Three out of four people with Alzheimer's disease will end up in a nursing home unless better systems of community care and support are built in states. Even without robust systems, today, nearly 15 million caregivers provide care valued at $202 billion. |
New federal incentives encourage states to shift long-term care spending away from institutionsBy Kathryn Tormey | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:14 pm The federal government has launched a new initiative designed to change how states deliver services in one of the most costly areas of Medicaid: long-term care. |
Cancellation, Suspension or Revocation of Licenses - Reports by Health Care ProvidersBy CSG Committee on Suggested State Legislation | Monday, January 31, 2011 at 1:12 pm This Act enables doctors to report to the state department of motor vehicles patients who have physical or mental conditions which impair the patients‘ driving skills. |
Alzheimer's DiseaseBy Wanda Fowler | Monday, February 15, 2010 at 12:00 am Millions of Americans have Alzheimer's disease and the number is growing as the population ages. Large numbers of persons with Alzheimer's disease in nursing homes present care-giving challenges, as well as state financing issues. |
Alzheimer’s Disease Task ForceBy CSG Committee on Suggested State Legislation | Monday, November 12, 2007 at 12:00 am Suggested State Legislation: This legislation requires the state to bring together state leaders, long-term care industry representatives, social services organizations serving persons with dementia, and families living with dementia to create a comprehensive state government strategy to serve people with dementia. |
Senior Alert ProgramBy CSG Committee on Suggested State Legislation | Monday, November 12, 2007 at 12:00 am Suggested State Legislation: This Act creates a program for local, regional, or statewide notification of a missing senior adult. The bill defines a missing senior adult as an adult who is over 60 years of age, suffers from a cognitive impairment that renders them unable to care for themselves without assistance (including a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia), and whose whereabouts are unknown and whose disappearance poses a credible threat to their health and safety. The program is similar to the Amber Alert Program for missing children. |
