Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
The Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease has grown bipartisan congressional support for policies that improve the lives of people impacted by Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. The task force was instrumental in building support for the bipartisan National Alzheimer's Project Act (P.L. 111-375) in 2011, which led to the creation of a national plan to change the way the nation addresses Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.
The Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) and the Alzheimer’s Association are also proud to work with task force members to raise awareness and help secure critical research funding increases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which has increased more than seven-fold since 2011.
Check the congressional profiles to see if your member is already on the task force, and read on below to learn how you can make an impact to grow support for Alzheimer’s and dementia policies in Congress.
Be a Champion in the Fight to End Alzheimer’s
Our voices are stronger together. Help AIM advance legislation to improve the lives of people impacted by Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.
- Share your story with elected officials
- Engage on social media
- Write a letter to the editor
Federal Priorities
Accelerate Access to Dementia Screening
The bipartisan Alzheimer’s Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act would create a pathway for Medicare coverage of blood-based dementia screening tests, accelerating access to earlier detection of Alzheimer’s and other dementia.
Prepare the Dementia Workforce
The bipartisan AADAPT Act will accelerate dementia workforce preparedness in communities throughout the nation.
Our Nation’s Commitment to Alzheimer’s Research and Public Health Response
Congress must continue to invest in Alzheimer’s and dementia research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and fund the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act (P.L. 115-406) to strengthen the public health infrastructure across the country by implementing effective Alzheimer’s intervention focused on public health issues such as increasing early detection and diagnosis, reducing risk, and preventing avoidable hospitalizations.