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DHS and Alzheimer’s Association present 2024 dementia report, highlight Georgia Memory Net and caregiver burden
Summary
The Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services and the Alzheimer’s Association presented a 2024 dementia report, citing about 188,000 Georgians age 65+ estimated to be living with Alzheimer’s, substantial caregiver burdens, and state investments in Georgia Memory Net (GMN) and dementia care specialists.
Mary Lee Boatwright Quinn, assistant deputy commissioner of 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, presented the Division’s 2024 dementia report to the House Public and Community Health Committee.
“The guard state plan was established in code in 2014,” Boatwright Quinn said, describing the statutory framework for a state advisory council and the mandate to provide a dementia report. The report, prepared with the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute, will now be updated on a four‑year cadence and used to guide targeted public-health interventions.
Presenters summarized statewide data and program activity. The…
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