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Double Your Impact for the Holidays
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Advocates in Virginia write emails, attend local policy events, post to social media, and meet with their elected officials across Virginia and Washington, D.C. They take action to urge lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation that helps families living with Alzheimer’s and other dementia and to ask for more research funding to end this disease — once and for all.
Become an advocate and help advance public policies that continue to make Alzheimer’s a local and national priority.
Questions? Contact Karen Garner, Virginia Advocacy Manager or connect with your local chapter serving Virginia: Greater Richmond, Central and Western Virginia, Southeastern Virginia, and the National Capital Area.
Virginia Advocacy Day
Join us in Richmond on Thursday, January 29, 2026 for Virginia Alzheimer's Advocacy Day.This is your chance to meet with Virginia state legislators, share your story, and advocate for policies that help end Alzheimer's disease and other dementia. By joining us as an advocate you have the chance to influence state policy, connect with fellow advocates, and make a real impact for Virginia families affected by dementia.
Our 2026 advocacy priorities:
- Secure funding for first responder training
- Establish dementia care specialists in Area Agencies on Aging
- Renew Virginia’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Commission
- Establish Funding for the Virginia Memory Project
- Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
- Time: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Location: Virginia State Capitol, 1000 Bank Street, Richmond, VA 23219
- Registration: Register to attend advocacy day.
- Questions? Contact Karen Garner for more information.
Virginia public health data
A public health approach is necessary to lessen the burden and enhance the quality of life for people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, caregivers, and their families.Virginia public health data:
- Alzheimer’s Statistics (PDF)
- Cognitive Decline (PDF)
- Dementia Caregiving (PDF)
- Risk Factors (PDF)
- County-level Alzheimer’s Prevalence (PDF)
Virginia policy priorities
Working with the Alzheimer's Impact Movement (AIM), a separately incorporated advocacy affiliate, the Alzheimer’s Association and the four chapters that serve Virginia — Greater Richmond, Central and Western Virginia, Southeastern Virginia, and the National Capital Area — fight for critical research, prevention and care initiatives at the federal and state levels. From increased research funding to improving Alzheimer’s care and support policies, we aim to advance critical federal and state policy priorities.Learn about Virginia policy priorities.
Advocacy volunteering
By advocating on behalf of those living with Alzheimer's and dementia and their families, Virginia advocates help pass critical legislation in Congress, increase federal research funding and support state initiatives. Explore advocacy volunteer opportunities.Contact Congress
Advocates are urging Congress to build upon the past decade of progress by updating and expanding the work of the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA), which has paved the way for our nation to address Alzheimer's and other dementia. Ask Congress to take action.
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