Nevada State Alzheimer’s Plan Overview
The Nevada legislature passed Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 10 in 2011, creating the Legislative Committee on Health Care’s Task Force to Develop a State Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. The Committee included a state senator as chair as well as medical experts, advocates and other key stakeholders. After gathering public feedback, the State Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease was published in January 2013. The Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease was created within the Department of Health and Human Services with the passage of Assembly Bill 80 during the 2013 Legislative Session. The Task Force is responsible for implementing the State Plan.
In January 2021, the Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease released the state's biennial State Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. The State Plan includes fifteen goals to ensure the state is appropriately addressing Alzheimer’s and other dementia. Among the goals presented include increasing dementia education for physicians; bolstering support for dementia family caregivers; and strengthening dementia training standards for care workers.
Nevada 2026 Policy Priorities
Establish a Statewide Dementia Services Coordinator
Nevada is home to nearly 55,000 individuals living with Alzheimer’s and their 87,000 unpaid caregivers. As the population with dementia grows, coordination between state agencies that administer programs for people living with dementia and their caregivers is crucial. The Alzheimer’s Association is urging Nevada’s Legislative interim committees to recommend establishing a Dementia Services Coordinator within the Department of Human Services’ Aging and Disability Services Division. This position will lead Nevada’s response to dementia by monitoring implementation of the State Plan to Address Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias, identifying gaps in services, and recommending strategies to improve care and support for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
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State Affairs Contact: Benjamin Challinor
Phone: 775.241.1501
Email: bchallinor@alz.org
54,900
people living with Alzheimer’s in Nevada
87,000
Nevadans are providing unpaid care
$300 Million
Medicaid cost of caring for people living with Alzheimer’s (2025)
342.6%
increase in Alzheimer’s deaths 2000-2022
17%
in hospice with a primary diagnosis of dementia
179.2%
increase of geriatricians in Nevada needed to meet the demand in 2050
Resources to Drive Change in Nevada
The following resources developed by AIM and the Alzheimer’s Association will help you learn more about the issues impacting people living with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers, how Nevada policymakers are addressing these gaps, and how you can help drive change.