All About Alzheimer's: 2013 National Alzheimer's Plan Update
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The 2013 National Alzheimer's Plan Update was released on June 14th. This 2013 Vermont Town Hall Meeting offers insights into what progress is being made and how to continue the momentum on the federal and state level. Guests & Panelists include: ● Susan Elliott, Community Liaison for Representative Peter Welch - ● Phil Fiermonte, Outreach Director for Senator Bernie Sanders - ● Kelly Mazza, Alzheimer’s Association Ambassador to Senator Leahy, member Governor's Commission on Alzheimer’s and related Dementias and Executive Director at The Arbors at Shelburne - ● William Pendlebury, MD, Medical Director, The Memory Center at Fletcher Allen Health Care and Director of the Center on Aging at UVM - ● Karel Samsom and his wife Cynthia Foster. Karel is living with Alzheimer’s disease and is a recent appointee to the national Alzheimer’s Association Early Stage Advisory Group - • John Tracy, State Director for Senator Patrick Leahy - ● Susan Wehry, MD, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Aging, Disabilities, and Independent Living.
More information at: http://www.alz.org/vermont/index.asp
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