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Forward this message to a Friend December has been a momentous month for the work of the Alzheimer's Association and the support of NARFE and its members. The Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act (S. 2076/H.R. 4256), legislation championed by the Alzheimer's Association and the Alzheimer's Impact Movement (AIM), was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives and is expected to soon be signed into law. The legislation will improve the country's response to the growing Alzheimer's public health threat. The Association is grateful to NARFE members for helping us support this legislation and all of our advocacy and research efforts throughout 2018.

BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act passes Congress The BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act, the Association's priority legislation, has passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate and will soon be signed into law. Thank your members of Congress today for their support of this vital legislation that will combat the Alzheimer's crisis and create a public health infrastructure to address the disease. Thank Congress.

Ending Alzheimer's disease is a global effort The impact of Alzheimer's and other dementias on individuals, families and health care systems is devastating and will only grow with the aging of the population. Alzheimer's Association Chief Science Officer Maria Carrillo, Ph.D., writes that no person or place is immune to Alzheimer's — and the disease demands a global solution. Learn more.

Music and art can enrich the lives of people living with Alzheimer's Music and art allow for self-expression and engagement, even after Alzheimer's or another dementia has progressed. Studies have shown music may reduce agitation and improve behavioral issues common in the middle-stages of the disease, and art can provide an opportunity for self-expression. Learn more.

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NARFE Contributions to Advance Alzheimer's Research NARFE 2018 GOAL $13 MILLION

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