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News Releases

Impact of Dementia on Alternative Level of Care Emphasizes Need for Strategy, Jan. 14, 2009

Statistics Show Dementia Affects More Than 71,000 Canadians Under Age 65, Jan. 5, 2009

Response to Conservative's Announcement Regarding Funding for Major Study on Neurological Diseases, Oct. 10, 2008

Federal Candidates Asked to Consider Dementia this World Alzheimer's Day, Sept. 18, 2008

Making Dementia a National Health Priority in Canada, Jan 30, 2008

Establishment of National Seniors Council welcomed by Alzheimer Society, March 6, 2007

House of Commons Passes Motion on Alzheimer Strategy (M.P. Susan Kadis), April 22, 2005

Alzheimer Society and NACA Call for National Alzheimer Strategy, Oct. 22, 2004

MP Member Statements, Alzheimer Awareness Month, Jan. 30, 2008

MP Patrick Brown
MP Hon. Carolyn Bennett
MP Alexa McDonough

Speaking Notes

Presentation to Members of Parliament at Coffee Break on the Hill, Jan. 30, 2008
Speaking Notes, Scott Dudgeon, CEO, Alzheimer Society of Canada
Speaking Notes, Ray Congdon, Alzheimer Society President
Speaking Notes, Brenda Hounam, Alzheimer Society Board Member and person living with Alzheimer's disease

Presentation to Special Senate Committee on Aging - May 28, 2007
Speaking Notes, Dale Goldhawk, Past President, Alzheimer Society of Canada
Speaking Notes, Scott Dudgeon, CEO, Alzheimer Society of Canada

Presentation to media at National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) position paper launch - Oct. 22, 2004
Speaking Notes, Steve Rudin, Former Executive Director, Alzheimer Society of Canada

In the News

Tories to announce seniors council
March 2, 2007, thestar.com

The Insidious Fog: A Journey Into Alzheimer's
Oct. 2006, Ottawa Citizen

Contacts

For more information, or to arrange interviews with the Alzheimer Society, people living with Alzheimer's disease, caregivers or leading Alzheimer researchers, please contact:

Patricia Wilkinson
Manager, Media & Government Relations
Office: (416)847-2959 or 1-800-616-8816
Mobile: (416) 669-5715
pwilkinson@alzheimer.ca

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