Alzheimer’s Community Care (ACC), Florida’s largest provider of community-based, family-centered care for patients and their caregivers living with Neurocognitive Disorders, along with their team of advocates, visited the Florida State Capitol on Nov. 15th to advocate additional non-recurring funding for:
- The Wandering Mitigation and Rescue Project, a service to patients and caregivers to quickly locate wandering patients, and to educate stakeholders and raise community awareness about wandering risks.
- Critical support for dementia-specific care for 200 Florida families affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
- Repairs & renovations for Alzheimer’s Community Care’s Specialized Day Centers.
Throughout the day the ACC team and supporting advocates personally met with, shared their stories, and discussed requests with various state senators and representatives.
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, Senator Gayle Harrell, and Secretary of the Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA), Michelle Branham, spoke to the ACC group about the importance of aging support in Florida as the state with the second highest elderly population in the U.S.
“Alzheimer’s Community Care is honored to have such a committed and relentless team of advocates who want to ensure a better future for those with neurocognitive disorders and their caregivers,” said President and CEO Michael Jessup. “We strive to serve as many patients and caregivers as possible. With our legislators’ support, we can continue a growth trajectory and expand to provide community members with our necessary resources.”
The Alzheimer’s Community Care team will visit the capitol again in February 2025 to continue advocating for support.
About Alzheimer’s Community Care
Alzheimer’s Community Care is a 501(c)(3) local nonprofit organization that has been providing care and resources to families in South Florida coping with Alzheimer’s disease and related neurocognitive disorders for more than 20 years. Alzheimer’s Community Care is dedicated to promoting and providing community-based, family-centered care for patients and their caregivers living with neurocognitive disorders, through the belief, where there is help, there is hope.
