This article appeared in the Thursday, Aug. 25 edition of the Coast Star:

    According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the population with Alzheimer’s disease is steadily growing — the association estimates 5.4 million Americans currently have the disease, and that number could grow to 16 million by 2050.

    In January, the National Alzheimer’s Project Act [NAPA] was passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Under the law, a strategic, national plan will be created to address what the association calls “the rapidly escalating Alzheimer’s crisis.”

 However, the plan is not being created only by legislators. Input is being sought from those with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers all across the country via public input sessions. A session was held in Wall Township Tuesday night, run by the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, and attended by caregivers, healthcare professionals and Congressman Chris Smith [R-4].

 The congressman co-introduced the legislation that led to the Alzheimer’s plan.... .

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