Florida's Historic Capitol to shine purple for Alzheimer's Awareness

More than 100 advocates and legislators from crossed Florida volition articulation unneurotic successful Tallahassee to radiance a airy connected the Alzheimer’s Association’s legislative priorities during the 2025 Florida legislative session.

"We are highly thankful for the galore advocates gathering successful Tallahassee to stock their idiosyncratic stories with lawmakers and person their voices heard,” said Alexander Anderson, Vice President of Public Policy successful Florida for the Alzheimer’s Association.

"With implicit 580,000 Floridians surviving with Alzheimer’s, these dedicated advocates are instrumental successful helping to get Alzheimer’s Association legislative priorities brought to the forefront. It is captious that each residents cognize the value of aboriginal detection and diagnosis and we volition proceed to enactment with authorities legislators to unafraid transition of argumentation priorities and backing requests including our statewide Alzheimer’s nationalist consciousness campaign."

The yearly lighting ceremonial connected Monday, March 10, volition statesman astatine 6 p.m. connected the Old Capitol’s steps and volition beryllium live-streamed by the Association’s Florida chapters connected YouTube.

Confirmed speakers for the purple lighting ceremonial include:

• Secretary Michelle Branham, Florida Department of Elder Affairs

• Cari Eyre, Dementia Director, Florida Department of Elder Affairs

• Senator Danny Burgess, sponsor of SB 398 Awareness Program for Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia-related Disorders

• Representative Michelle Salzman, sponsor for Brain Bus appropriation

• Christine Burger, surviving with Mild Cognitive Impairment and advocate

On Monday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Alzheimer’s Association Brain Bus volition beryllium successful the Capitol Courtyard for legislators and unit to sojourn and larn astir the invaluable services offered. The Association is seeking to sphere $491,614 successful backing for the Brain Bus that travels passim the state. Advocates volition beryllium disposable to speech astir however the Bus impacts Florida.

On Tuesday, March 11, advocates volition conscionable with legislators to stock their stories and inquire them to enactment cardinal priorities for the 2025 legislative session, which include:

• Fund $1.5 cardinal to make a statewide Alzheimer’s and related dementia consciousness programme (SB 398 / HB1065)

• Preserve $491,614 successful backing for the Alzheimer's Association Brain Bus

• Support the Governor’s proposal of a $6 cardinal summation successful backing for the Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative (ADI) and an $8 cardinal summation for the Community Care for the Elderly (CCE) program

• Maintain $5 cardinal successful backing for the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Research Program

To larn much astir each of the priorities, sojourn alzimpact.org/Florida.

Florida has the second-highest fig of residents surviving with Alzheimer’s successful the nation, with much than 580,000 surviving with the disease. They are supported by much than 840,000 unpaid household caregivers. Each year, Alzheimer’s kills much radical than bosom crab and prostate crab combined.

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