HR 9105

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House Resolution
2A resolution recognizing April 16-22, 2006, as
3"Alzheimer's Disease Initiative Week" in Florida.
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5     WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature created the Alzheimer's
6Disease Initiative in 1985 to help families dealing with
7Alzheimer's and related memory disorders by providing links
8connecting policy, research, and practice, and the initiative,
9celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, has grown into a
10statewide network that includes fifteen regional memory disorder
11clinics conducting research and training in diagnostic and
12therapeutic settings, and
13     WHEREAS, there are 435,000 cases of probable Alzheimer's
14disease in this state, and it is estimated that more than
15100,000 Floridians have received services from Alzheimer's
16Disease Initiative programs within the last 10 years alone, and
17     WHEREAS, Alzheimer's respite care programs are operating in
18all of the state's 67 counties; four model day care programs
19have been established in conjunction with memory disorder
20clinics to test therapeutic interventions for people living with
21memory disorders and to provide training for health care and
22social service personnel; and the Alzheimer's Disease Brain
23Bank, a service and research oriented network, is involved in a
24variety of research activities, and
25     WHEREAS, the Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee has
26taken a leadership role in developing policy recommendations and
27best practice models to help educate Florida's elders,
28caregivers, and health care professionals about critical issues
29affecting people with memory disorders, including an ethics-
30based policy on driver safety and progressive dementia, a
31protocol for dealing with behavioral challenges and catastrophic
32events affecting persons with dementia who are living in nursing
33homes, and recommendations for specialized care needs for
34persons with Alzheimer's and related memory disorders and their
35caregivers who are affected by natural disasters, and
36     WHEREAS, the only program of its kind in the nation when it
37was established in 1985, the Alzheimer's Disease Initiative
38continues to maintain that distinction today, NOW, THEREFORE,
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40Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
41Florida:
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43     That the House of Representatives recognizes the week of
44April 16-22, 2006, as "Alzheimer's Disease Initiative Week" in
45Florida.


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