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Future of Aging

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In our signature program, the Alliance to Improve Dementia Care, we bring together a multi-sector coalition of leaders to uncover the latest breakthroughs in brain health and we work to increase timely detection, improve access to treatment, coordinated care, and address health equity for people at risk for or living with dementia and their caregivers. Through expert workgroups, convenings, collaborative initiatives, and thought leadership, the Alliance amplifies and promotes the adoption of proven polices, solutions, and promising innovations in dementia care.

Signature Program: Alliance to Improve Dementia Care

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  • Convene diverse stakeholders: Partner with leaders from health systems, industry, research, advocacy, community-based organizations, philanthropy, government, and people living with dementia and caregivers. 

  • Identify gaps in care: Mobilize cross-sector leaders to create solutions and amplify innovations to address gaps in information resources, care delivery, and support services.

  • Collaborate with policymakers: Work with federal and state advisory boards, agency leaders, and elected officials to overcome long-standing care and financing barriers and advance scalable solutions.

  • Propose policy and systems solutions: Develop and promote policies and practices that build a dementia-capable workforce, accelerate adoption of care innovations into clinical pathways, and advance comprehensive dementia-care models that align care preferences and incentives.
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Dementia Costs Jump 31 Percent in a Decade, With Care Needs Expected to Grow

McKnight’s Senior Living references our November 2022 report, 'Projected Prevalence and Cost of Dementia: 2022 Update', which estimates that Alzheimer’s disease expenditures will triple to $45 billion by 2040.

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Techstars Future of Longevity Thought Leader Panel: Moving the Needle on Dementia Care

The Alliance to Improve Dementia Care's Diane Ty joins a panel on improving care for people living with dementia and strengthening support for their caregivers.

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Why Aren’t More People Talking About Adult Day Services?

Rajiv Ahuja, JD and Mac McDermott detail four steps to increase access to adult day services for families affected by dementia.

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Multisectoral Collaboration to Improve Dementia Care

This 'Public Policy & Aging Report' article, by Nora Super and Diane Ty, focuses on the creation and evolution of the Alliance to Improve Dementia Care.

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New Milken Report Recommends Ways to Make Cognitive Screening Routine

Writing for the American Society on Aging, Milken Institute's Diane Ty explains why we must improve cognitive screening for dementia.

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Routine Cognitive Screening Can Help Detect Early Signs of Dementia

Milken Institute Health's Future of Aging leads cover brain health and dementia prevention in this article published in STAT.

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One Size Does Not Fit All: Asian Americans and Dementia Risk

Classifying Asian Americans as a monolithic population obscures diversity and has significant implications for the health and wellness of communities, especially when it comes to dementia. Diane Ty, Raj Ahuja, and Jennie Chin Hansen in Generations.

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The Alliance to Improve Dementia Care is supported by steering committee members AARP, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, Bank of America, Biogen, BrightFocus Foundation, Cognivue, Craniometrix, Edward Jones, Eisai, Eli Lilly and Company, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Genentech, The John A. Hartford Foundation, Lundbeck, The SCAN Foundation, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Gary and Mary West Foundation with matching funds from the Milken Institute.