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<\/p>\n
The Alzheimer\u2019s Association estimates there are more than five million Americans<\/p>\n
living with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and more than 15 million Alzheimer\u2019s caregivers.<\/p>\n
On their behalf, I am counted among 1,200 others across the country that appeal to Congress for action on Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Four people in my family have died from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. As a result,<\/p>\n
advocating for those who currently care for their loved ones and for people living<\/p>\n
with the disease is a daily mission.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Alzheimer\u2019s is not only devastating but fatal. Alzheimer\u2019s is the sixth leading cause of<\/p>\n
death in the U.S. with no cure or prevention.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We thank U.S. Reprentative Bradley Byrne for meeting with our delegation to<\/p>\n
discuss the Alzheimer\u2019s crisis. We are grateful for his support of the Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education Act and for increased funding for research.<\/p>\n
Most recently we have asked for his support of the Palliative Care Hospice<\/p>\n
Education and Training Act (PCHETA).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It is only through adequate funding and implementing the National<\/p>\n
Plan to Address Alzheimer\u2019s Disease that we will meet its goal of preventing and<\/p>\n
effectively treating Alzheimer\u2019s by 2025.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
To get involved, contact https:\/\/byrne.house.gov\/contact and ask for support of PCHETA.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Beth Reinert, Ambassador for the AL\/FL Panhandle Chapter of the Alzheimer\u2019s Association.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Alzheimer\u2019s Association estimates there are more than five million Americans living with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and more than 15 million Alzheimer\u2019s caregivers. On their behalf, I am counted among 1,200 others across the country that appeal to Congress for action on Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Four people in my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[504,503,505],"class_list":["post-2079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-publication","category-news-story","tag-hope-act","tag-pcheta","tag-u-s-representative-bradley-byrne"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4cxZR-xx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2080,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079\/revisions\/2080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}