Advocate - West Virginia Advocacy Center

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Join the cause

The Alzheimer’s Association--West Virginia Chapter invites you to become an Alzheimer advocate. Join us and speak up for the needs and rights of people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families.

Add your voice to ours — become an advocate today.

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Action Item Index

Federal Action: Support the Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act

Help fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more support to caregivers. Tell your members of Congress to sign on to the Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2009.

Upcoming events

2010 Day at the Legislature

We need you! Please join us at the State Capitol in Charleston on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 to meet with our local Delegates and Senators about the impact of Alzheimer's disease on West Virginians. This is a great opportunity to use your VOICE to OPEN the minds of our local leaders. For more information, contact Ann Ali at 1.304.343.2717 or ann.ali@alz.org. Don't forget to wear purple!

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.

West Virginia advocacy

The Public Policy committee for the Alzheimer’s Association West Virginia Chapter met in August to plan our public policy priorities for the 2010 legislative session. Click here to view our official 2010 platform. Become an advocate today! If you are interested in participating in our West Virginia advocacy efforts contact Ann Ali at 1.800.491.2717 or ann.ali@alz.org.

Ohio advocacy

The West Virginia Chapter currently serves six counties in eastern Ohio. Advocacy initiatives for the state of Ohio are set by the Ohio Council. Click here to view Ohio's public policy priorities for 2009 (2010 coming soon!), as determined by the council, which is made up of the seven Alzheimer’s Association Ohio Chapters and volunteers. The purpose of the Council is to speak with one VOICE on advocacy issues facing Ohio families dealing with the challenge of Alzheimer’s disease. If you would be interested in learning more about the Ohio Council or Ohio advocacy opportunities contact Wendy Hamilton in our Mid-Ohio Valley office at 1.800.491.2717 or wendy.hamilton@alz.org.