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California Awarded Alzheimer's Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19, 2004

CONTACT: John Carr
(916) 323-2261

STATE AGING DEPARTMENT AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDING TO IMPROVE CARE FOR PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Aging (CDA) has been awarded a three-year grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging that could total more than $900,000 to enhance assistance for elderly Asian and Pacific Islanders with Alzheimer's disease. CDA will receive $311,150 this year and similar amounts the next two years.

"This funding will allow us to further support home- and community-based services for Californians afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers," said Lynda Terry, Director of CDA.

California is one of 22 states to receive a three-year demonstration grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Project Grants to States Program. The national program offers grants to states to develop innovative and creative intervention models to better serve persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. Grants are targeted to reach underserved minority, rural and low-income elderly persons.

CDA and the California Department of Health Services will jointly administer the grant. The project's focus will be to develop and provide culturally and linguistically competent educational, social and supportive services for patients and their caregivers.

California has the highest proportion of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the nation. Nearly 500,000 elderly Californians have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative brain disease that usually begins gradually, causing a person to forget recent events or familiar tasks. Nationally, one in 10 persons over age 65 and nearly half of those over age 85 have Alzheimer's disease.