Bill Text: NY K02408 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in the State of New York
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-06-05 - adopted [K02408 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-K02408-Introduced.html
Assembly Resolution No. 2408 BY: M. of A. Rules (Woerner) MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in the State of New York WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize official months to help raise awareness about brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's, and the need to increase efforts to combat its human and economic costs; and WHEREAS, In 1910, Alzheimer's disease was named after Alois Alzheimer by his senior colleague, psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin, who used the term 'Alzheimer's disease' in his book "Psychiatrie"; and WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative brain disease that tragically leads to memory loss and cognitive decline and is the most common type of dementia; and WHEREAS, The National Institute on Aging defines dementia as the loss of the cognitive functions such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily live and activities; and WHEREAS, Founded in 1980, The Alzheimer's Association is the leading organization in Alzheimer's care and research whose mission is to work globally, nationally and locally to enhance the care and support of all those affected by Alzheimer's and other dementias; and WHEREAS, President Ronald Regan initiated the observance of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in 1983 to not only raise awareness about Alzheimer's, but to also get people involved in the recognition of the diseases as well as the types of care required by someone suffering from it; and WHEREAS, Nearly seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer's and more than 11 million provide their unpaid care; and WHEREAS, Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease which has no known cause or cure, however, there are strategies to help prevent and treat dementias that can help improve the prognoses of people living with these conditions; and WHEREAS, According to the latest statistics (2020), the number of people aged 65 and older with Alzheimer's in New York is 426,500 which is 12% of that 65 and older population; and WHEREAS, Women, as well as Latino and Black Americans are at a significantly higher risk for Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and WHEREAS, Nationally, one-in-three seniors dies with Alzheimer's or another dementia, killing more people than Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer combined; and WHEREAS, It is estimated that Alzheimer's and other dementias will cost the nation $360 billion dollars in 2024 and will increase to nearly $1 trillion by 2050; and WHEREAS, Throughout the month of June, the Alzheimer's Association encourages people around the globe to support the movement by wearing purple as an opportunity to spread the word about and discuss Alzheimer's disease and other dementias; and WHEREAS, Individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers need acknowledgment, support, and services to meet their needs over the lengthy progression of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in the State of New York; and be it further RESOVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York, and The Alzheimer's Association.