From the CDC’s Division of Population Health: The third in a series of public health road maps was just released this week. It is entitled The Healthy Brain Initiative’s (HBI) State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia, The 2018-2023 Road Map The 2018-2023 Road Map outlines how state and local public health agencies and […]
The Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map (RM) for Dementia will be released October 18, 2018, through a series of webinars, as well as events/presentations at American Public Health Association and Gerontological Society of America Conferences. The Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map will be present on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website ( https://www.cdc.gov/aging/healthybrain/roadmap.htm) and the Alzheimer’s Association’s website
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Among people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, 25% experience a preventable hospitalization, and such preventable hospitalizations cost Medicare nearly $2.6 billion in 2013. Hospitalizations for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias also increase risk for delirium, falls, pressure ulcers, untreated pain, and functional decline — impacts that can hinder or delay recovery after a
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