Alzheimer's Disease

Health Experts Call for More Training

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 9th, 2000

Members of the West Virginia Coalition of the Alzheimer's Association met with their state lawmakers recently to discuss their campaign to train all long-term care providers about the disease and improve access to home and community-based services.

"People with Alzheimer's disease, when they're in long-term care, are the most vulnerable in our society," said Sharon Brinkman-Windle, a program specialist with West Virginia University's (WVU) Center on Aging.

Michael Splaine, director of the Alzheimer's Association in Washington, DC, said rural residents are part of a self-reliant culture, and some create a barrier to outside help from denial or "fear...

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