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Join the cause

The Alzheimer’s Association--Greater Pennsylvania 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.

Upcoming events

2010 Alzheimer's Advocacy Action Summit (formerly known as the Public Policy Forum)
March 7-9, 2010 in Washington, DC
For more information, visit http://www.alz.org/summit/.

Can't Travel to DC?
Contact michelle.seitzer@alz.org for advocacy opportunities in your local area.

Spread the Word!
Share this information with your friends, family, and colleagues who are concerned about Alzheimer issues. To find out more about advocacy opportunities, please contact Michelle Seitzer, Public Policy Coordinator, at 717-651-5020, ext. 124 or e-mail: michelle.seitzer@alz.org.

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.

Click here to find out more about advocacy opportunities in the Chapter.

Pennsylvania Advocacy

• Pennsylvania General Assembly - Find your senator and representative, search for bills from the current and prior legislative sessions, get directions to the Capitol building and much, much more!
  
  
• Assisted Living News - The expected publication date for the Assisted Living regulations was mid-November 2009, but it has been bumped up to early 2010. Contact michelle.seitzer@alz.org for more information.
  
  
• Family Caregiver Support Bill  - Rep. Mundy has re-introduced the Family Caregiver support legislation in this new session (HB 245), and we will do all we can to push it forward. If you would like to assist us in our efforts, please contact michelle.seitzer@alz.org. We need your stories about the importance of the Family Caregiver Support Program to make our case stronger!
  
  
• 2009-2010 Legislative Priorities - Our platform document outlines the main issues for which we are advocating in the PA General Assembly.
  
  
• Alzheimer's Awareness Hearing at the State Capitol - On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, the House Aging & Older Adult Services Committee partnered with the PA Public Policy Coalition to present a successful public hearing on Alzheimer's disease and its impact on the Commonwealth. Legislative attendance and attention was at an all-time high; thanks to the feedback from and many questions asked by committee members, the originally scheduled 1.5 hour hearing lasted for 4 hours in the standing-room only East Wing meeting place. For more details on the day's events, contact michelle.seitzer@alz.org or click on the link above for a recap and report of the hearing. Thanks to all who attended and participated in this first time Coalition happening!
  
  

Federal advocacy

•  Federal update
•  National priorities