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NEWS RELEASE
10/18/16
At Alzheimers San Diego we are committed to providing free care, support and
resources for the thousands of San Diegans suffering from Alzheimers or another
dementia and those who love and care for them, said Mary Ball, the organizations
president and CEO. Through strong local partnership and the leadership of Mayor
Kevin Faulconer, Supervisor Dianne Jacob and San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore,
together, we are making great progress in improving care and advancing critical local
research for cure. However, as the number of those affected is skyrocketing, there is
still much work to be done.
The $1 million grant was awarded by the Administration on Aging, part of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Under the grant, Aging & Independence Services will develop a case management
program to better serve dementia patients and will improve the ability of social workers
to connect patients with resources. It also plans to expand respite services for family
caregivers.
Since the creation of The Alzheimers Project in 2014, it has:
Developed the regions first standards for the screening and management of
dementia. These standards are being made available to 3,500 local primary care
doctors to help them diagnose and assist Alzheimers patients.
Strengthened the safety net for those with dementia, through improvements in the
Sheriffs Departments Take Me Home program and the regions missing persons alert
system.
Launched Collaboration4Cure, a research incubator on Torrey Pines Mesa, to help
pave the way to a cure. Alzheimers San Diego is working with San Diegos best and
brightest brain researchers on the initiative.
Teamed up with the regions largest public universities to boost training for the next
generation of geriatric health care workers, with the help of a $2.5 million federal grant
awarded to San Diego State University.
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