Alabama agencies get new resources for dementia care amid 'great void' in services
02/05/24 at 03:45 AM
Alabama agencies get new resources for dementia care amid 'great void' in services
Alabama Reflector, by Alander Rocha; 1/31/24
In a meeting of the Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse on Tuesday, Alabama Department of Senior Services (ADSS) Commissioner Jean W. Brown said the department is “awash in money to just go where we’ve never gone before in dementia services and dementia care.” ... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabama in 2021 had the second highest mortality rate from Alzheimer’s disease, behind only Mississippi, at 46.8 per 100,000 people.