Bill Text: NY J02486 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-21)

Status: (Passed) 2024-05-21 - ADOPTED [J02486 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J02486-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 2486

BY: Senator COONEY

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        June 2024, as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness  Month
        in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  custom  of this Legislative Body to recognize
official months that are set aside  to  increase  awareness  of  serious
issues that affect the lives of citizens of New York State; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, it is the sense of this  Legislative  Body  to
memorialize  Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as Alzheimer's
and Brain Awareness Month in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, There are approximately  6.9  million  people  living  with
Alzheimer's  disease  and dementia in the United States in 2024, 427,000
of whom are New York State residents over the age of 65; and

  WHEREAS, Every 65 seconds someone  in  the  United  States  develops
Alzheimer's,  which  could  result  in  an estimated 460,000 New Yorkers
living with the disease by 2025; and

  WHEREAS, Alzheimer's kills more  people  than  breast  and  prostate
cancer combined; and

  WHEREAS,  Researchers  believe about 110 of every 100,000 people age
30 to 64 years, or about 200,000 Americans in total, have  younger-onset
dementia; and

  WHEREAS,  The total lifetime cost of care for a person in the United
States with Alzheimer's disease and  other  dementias  is  estimated  at
$400,000 dollars; and

  WHEREAS,  Average  per-person  Medicare  spending  for  seniors with
Alzheimer's  is  almost  three  times  higher  than  average  per-person
spending for all other seniors; under Medicaid, spending is, on average,
23 times higher; and

  WHEREAS,  In New York, 543,000 caregivers provided 879 million hours
of unpaid care, the report  found,  while  70%  of  dementia  caregivers
report that coordinating care is stressful; and

  WHEREAS,   Findings   from   two   national   surveys   reveal  that
discrimination is a barrier to Alzheimer's and dementia care; more  than
one-third  of  Black  Americans  (36%), and nearly one-fifth of Hispanic
Americans (18%) and Asian Americans (19%), believe discrimination  would
be a barrier to receiving Alzheimer's care; and

  WHEREAS,  In addition, half or more of non-White caregivers say they
have experienced discrimination when navigating health care settings for
their care recipient; and

  WHEREAS, It is imperative that there be greater public awareness  of
this serious health issue, and more must be done to increase activity at
the local, State and national levels; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2024, as  Alzheimer's
and Brain Awareness Month in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of  New
York.