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Join the cause

The Alzheimer’s Association--Maryland Chapter invites you to become an Alzheimer advocate. Join us and speak up for the needs and rights of people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families.

Add your voice to ours — become an advocate today.

Upcoming events

Whether it's attending Advocates Day, testifying at a hearing, writing a letter, sending an e-mail you can make a big difference by making your voice heard. If you have not already done so, please join the Advocates Network. By doing so, you will receive information about what is happening on the state and federal level that affects people with Alzheimer's disease, and you will be notified when taking action would be most effective. 

New events will be posted soon.

What is an advocate?

Alzheimer advocates play an important role in improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families by working to improve dementia care and services; improve access to community-based care; improve quality care in residential settings; and expand funding for research and public programs serving people with dementia.

As an advocate, you will:

• Receive regular updates about current legislative and public policy issues.
• Stay on top of policy and legislative issues through alerts and updates.
• Make calls or write to legislators to forward public policy priorities to improve quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s.

Maryland advocacy

The Greater Maryland Chapter and the National Capital Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association work together to educate policy makers about Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

For well over a decade, Marylanders with Alzheimer’s disease and their families have found access to Medicaid long-term care services for their loved ones to be an extremely vexing problem. During the 2007 legislative session, the Alzheimer’s Association took a new approach to begin to fix this important policy issue. Read more on the Success in Annapolis...

 Maryland resources 

• Find your federal, state and local elected officials 
• Maryland General Assembly website
• Governor of Maryland’s website

Federal advocacy

Senate Health Committee Approves Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Act offered by Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Christopher Bond (R-Mo.)

• Federal update
• National priorities