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Join the cause

The Alzheimer’s Association - Greater Illinois Chapter invites you to become an Alzheimer’s Advocate and join us in speaking up for the needs and rights of people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. We are the largest group in Illinois advocating on behalf Alzheimer’s disease.

Add your voice to ours — become an advocate today.

Become an Alzheimer's Lead Advocate

Alzheimer's Lead Advocates build effective personal and working relationships with targeted elected officials and serve as the primary contact between the Alzheimer’s Association in your local legislative district.

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What is an advocate?

Alzheimer advocates play an important role in improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families by working to improve dementia care and services; improve access to community-based care; improve quality care in residential settings; and expand funding for research and public programs serving people with dementia.

As an advocate, you will:

• Receive regular updates about current legislative and public policy issues.
• Stay on top of policy and legislative issues through alerts and updates.
• Make calls or write to legislators to forward public policy priorities to improve quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s.

Illinois advocacy

State Advocacy Updates:

• September 2009 
• February 2009

Downloads:

• Illinois Alzheimer's Disease State Plan
• Legislative Visit Report
• 2009 llinois Priorities
• Legislative Fact Sheet 2008
• Advocacy Day Message 2009 
• Illinois Public Policy Platform  
• Medicare drug benefits (information and resources)
  
  Online Resources:
  
• State of Illinois 
• Illinois Department on Aging 
• Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services 
• Illinois Department of Public Health   

Federal advocacy

• Federal update
• National priorities
  

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