Title: Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This resolutions supports the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month (Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that results in a loss of memory and other cognitive functions and death).

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1208 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1208

  Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness 
                                 Month.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2022

 Ms. Barragan (for herself and Mr. Bilirakis) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness 
                                 Month.

Whereas Alzheimer's disease is a slow, progressive disorder of the brain that 
        results in loss of memory and other cognitive function and, eventually, 
        death;
Whereas Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United 
        States and the fifth leading cause of death for persons aged 65 and 
        over;
Whereas an estimated 6,500,000 people in the United States are living with 
        Alzheimer's disease, and this number may increase to 12,700,000 by the 
        year 2050;
Whereas someone in the United States develops Alzheimer's disease every 66 
        seconds;
Whereas nearly two-thirds of those living with Alzheimer's disease are women;
Whereas it is estimated that 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or 
        another dementia;
Whereas Alzheimer's disease is the only cause of death among the top 10 causes 
        of death in the United States that has no means of prevention, no cure, 
        and no method for slowing its progression;
Whereas the direct costs to United States society of caring for Alzheimer's 
        disease patients in 2022 is estimated to be $321,000,000,000;
Whereas 11 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer's 
        disease or another dementia;
Whereas nearly 60 percent of Alzheimer's disease and dementia caregivers rate 
        the emotional stress of caregiving as high or very high;
Whereas nearly 40 percent of family caregivers for individuals living with 
        Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia report symptoms of 
        depression;
Whereas older Black Americans face nearly 2 times higher risk of developing 
        Alzheimer's disease;
Whereas older Latinos face 1.5 times higher risk of developing Alzheimer's 
        disease;
Whereas Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are at high 
        risk for under detection of dementia and Alzheimer's disease;
Whereas everyone who has a brain is at risk for Alzheimer's disease;
Whereas stigma around having Alzheimer's disease contributes to under detection 
        and failure to diagnose the disease;
Whereas nearly half of Black, Latino, and Asian-American caregivers experienced 
        some form of discrimination when seeking care for Alzheimer's disease;
Whereas June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month;
Whereas the Alzheimer's Association established Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness 
        Month in 2014, and the inaugural Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month 
        was celebrated in June of that year; and
Whereas Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month is an opportunity to--

    (1) raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other forms of 
dementia;

    (2) advocate for Alzheimer's disease research, care, and support 
services; and

    (3) offer support to individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and 
other forms of dementia, their families, and their caregivers: Now, 
therefore, be it

    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain 
        Awareness Month; and
            (2) encourages people in the United States to--
                    (A) educate themselves about Alzheimer's disease 
                and other forms of dementia;
                    (B) advocate for Alzheimer's disease research, 
                care, and support services; and
                    (C) offer their support to individuals living with 
                Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, their 
                families, and their caregivers.
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