Congressman Loudermilk signs on to BOLD Alzheimer's Act

Congressman Barry Loudermilk has signed on as a co-sponsor to the “Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act” (Bold Act - H.R. 4256). The passage of this bill will treat Alzheimer’s as a public health crisis..

This bill will create an Alzheimer’s public health infrastructure across the country to implement effective Alzheimer’s interventions focused on public health issues such as increasing early detection and diagnosis, reducing risk and preventing avoidable hospitalizations. The BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act will also increase implementation of the Healthy Brain Initiative’s Public Health Road Map nationwide by establishing Alzheimer’s centers of excellence, providing cooperative agreements to public health departments, and increasing data collection, analysis and timely reporting.

One out of five Medicare dollars is spent on Alzheimer’s care. This is expected to almost quadruple by 2050 if we do not change the way the disease is treated. One out of three seniors will die from Alzheimer’s or other dementias, more than breast and prostate cancer combined.

Sinde 2000, deaths from heart disease have decreased by 14 percent, while deaths from Alzheimer’s have increased by 89 percent.

Please join me in thanking Congressman Loudermilk in helping to fight this devastating disease.