Alzheimer's Disease Plan
The Alzheimer’s Association and the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) will provide the leadership for a public-private partnership to develop a state plan for Alzheimer’s disease. The process will engage a broad range of stakeholders at both treetop and grassroots levels. We will implement strategies to maximize input from individuals, including those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s; families; health professionals; and service providers across the state, in rural as well as ethnically diverse areas.
With support from CHHS and the Alzheimer’s Association and funding from four private foundations, the CHHS’ Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee will organize and convene a Task Force in August 2009 to guide plan development and to include stakeholders not represented on the Advisory Committee, including all sectors of the provider community, people in the early stage of Alzheimer’s, and racially and ethnically diverse communities. The Advisory Committee works closely with CHHS and is charged in state law to advise the administration and the legislature. The Advisory Committee will provide direction to the Task Force on policy focus, structure and process. The Task Force will review program, service and policy needs; create subcommittees to focus policy review; and develop recommendations to the Alzheimer’s Advisory Committee that will enable the state to prepare for the expected epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease.