Rep. Dingell to Host Discussion on Alzheimer’s Disease

Dearborn, MI – In recognition of Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) will bring together patients, caregivers, and advocates in the fight to end Alzheimer’s for a roundtable discussion tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28 at 10 a.m.

The discussion will focus on policy and community solutions that are needed to better support patients and caregivers and confront the growing challenge of Alzheimer’s disease, which now impacts one in nine older Americans and one-third of Americans over the age of 85, according to a news release.

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The roundtable will build on the long-term care conversations Dingell hosted throughout the district last summer, and the ideas and concerns expressed will be used to help shape policy solutions to end Alzheimer’s and support those affected.

TOMORROW: Tuesday, June 28, 2016

WHEN: 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 28

WHERE: Taylor Senior Center, 6750 Troy St., Taylor, MI

WHO: Rep. Debbie Dingell

Jennifer Lepard, President and CEO, Alzheimer’s Association Greater Michigan Chapter

Jennifer Howard, Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Great Lakes Chapter

David Downey, Board President, Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Great Lakes Chapter

Lindsay Brieschke, Director of Public Policy, Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Chapters

Joanna LaFleur, CEO and Founder of Dementia Homecare Specialists and Member of the Young Professional Alzheimer’s Advocates of Washtenaw County

Terry Bertram, Ann Arbor, Michigan Estate Planning Attorney, Legacy Law Center

Charlene Mangi, Caregiver for her mother and a member of the Young Professional Alzheimer’s Advocates of Washtenaw County

Deborah Randall Fisher, Caregiver for her mother with Alzheimer’s

Paul Cumming, Caregiver for his wife with younger onset Alzheimer’s

Barbara Cumming, Advocate who suffers from younger onset Alzheimer’s

Debra Nerys, LMSW, Huron Woods Social Worker and Caregiver for her husband with Early Onset Alzheimer’s

Ken Johnson, Member of the National Alzheimer’s Association and Greater Michigan Chapter Early Stage Advisory Council, who suffers from early stage Alzheimer’s

Barb Johnson, Caregiver to her husband with early stage Alzheimer’s

Farzin Ghodsi, Member of the Greater Michigan Chapter Early Stage Advisory Council, who has early stage Alzheimer's

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