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State officials present 2024 dementia report, highlight Georgia Memory Net and caregiver burdens
Summary
The Division of Aging Services and the GARD advisory council presented Georgia's first 2024 dementia report, showing roughly 188,000 Georgians over 65 with Alzheimer's, high caregiver burden and geographic disparities; officials noted investments in Georgia Memory Net, dementia care specialists and telehealth diagnostic sites.
State officials presented a new 2024 dementia report to the House Public and Community Health Committee, summarizing prevalence, costs, workforce gaps and state programs aimed at earlier diagnosis and caregiver support.
Mary Lee Boatwright Quinn, assistant deputy commissioner at the Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services, and Nancy Petrie, director of government affairs for the Alzheimer's Association and chair of the GARD advisory council, delivered the report and fielded questions from committee members. "Forty percent of cases are associated with modifiable risk factors," Petrie said, highlighting obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, insufficient sleep and lack of exercise as…
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