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State Advocacy Action

An estimated 719,700 Californians are living with dementia. We advocate for policies and state laws to help Alzheimer’s families access health care and critical services and support.

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Wandering Legislation

AB 2541, authored by Assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains, Chair of the Aging and Long-Term Care Committee, was signed into law in September on World Alzheimer’s Day. As sponsors of this legislation, we thank Assemblymember Bains and Governor Newsom for their commitment to supporting Alzheimer’s families. AB 2541 directs the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to create guidelines on wandering for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and autism. We look forward to working with POST to implement the legislation.

STATE ADVOCACY

Master Plan for Aging

The Master Plan for Aging released in January 2021, serves as a ten year blueprint to create an age friendly California. We are now working to implement this plan through legislation and policy. Read the Master Plan for Aging.

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California Coalition on Family Caregiving

Alzheimer’s LA is a steering committee member of the California Coalition on Family Caregiving (CaCFC), which advocates for statewide policies and services that support diverse unpaid family caregivers and their care recipient(s). Learn more.

Care 4 All California

Care4ALL California

Care4AllCA is working to advance the goal of quality affordable healthcare for all Californians.

Undocumented Californians are nearly 4x more likely to be uninsured

#Health4All

#Health4All is a campaign to expand healthcare to all Californians regardless of immigration status. The campaign has successfully removed barriers to Medi-Cal eligibility for over 1 million Californians.