Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium

/Tag:Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium

Partners Come Together to Raise Awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease in Arizona

By | March 28th, 2017|Prevention|

Our Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease has joined forces with community partners to educate the public about Alzheimer's disease and the growing challenge in our state. We're starting a public awareness program called All In for Alzheimer's with our partners KTAR, the Alzheimer's Association, the Arizona Center on Aging, Hospice of the Valley, the [...]

Comments Off on Partners Come Together to Raise Awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease in Arizona

Caregivers for People with Alzheimer’s Disease are Critical

By | November 20th, 2015|Prevention|

There are rapidly expanding number of people with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias in Arizona, which challenges our health care and community-based service systems to develop innovative and effective ways to provide high-quality care and services. Currently more than 120,000 Arizonans age 65 and older have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, and an estimated 6,000 [...]