Rhode Island State Alzheimer’s Plan Overview 

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In April 2012, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 2858, directing the Long-Term Care Coordinating Council to lead a workgroup on the development of a state plan. The workgroup was co-chaired by the chair of the Long-Term Care Coordinating Council, the lieutenant governor or designee and the director of the division of elderly affairs. After collecting public feedback, the workgroup published the Rhode Island’s State Plan on Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders in September 2013. In February 2019, the Long-Term Care Coordinating Council published the 2019 Update, Rhode Island State Plan on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders.

Rhode Island 2023 Policy Priorities

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Establish a Dementia Coordinator Position in Rhode Island

More than 24,000 Rhode Islanders are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and more than 39,000 unpaid caregivers are providing support. With these figures expected to increase, coordination between state agencies that administer programs for people living with dementia is crucial. The Alzheimer’s Association is calling on state lawmakers to establish a permanent Dementia Coordinator position within the appropriate state agency. This position will serve as a liaison between state agencies, the governor, the legislature, and private stakeholders to ensure the state has a coordinated and effective approach toward addressing Alzheimer’s.

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State Affairs Contact: David Carlin

Phone: 401.859.2334

Email: drcarlin@alz.org

24,000

people living with Alzheimer’s in Rhode Island

39,000

Rhode Islanders are providing unpaid care

$470 Million

Medicaid cost of caring for people living with Alzheimer’s (2020)

50 Million

increase in Alzheimer’s deaths since 2000

25%

in hospice with a primary diagnosis of dementia

48.5%

increase of geriatricians in Rhode Island needed to meet the demand in 2050