StateofVermont
HouseofRepresentatives
Montpelier,Vermont
ConcurrentHouseResolution
H.C.R.70
OfferedbyAllMembersoftheHouse
HouseconcurrentresolutiondesignatingApril10,2025asAlzheimer’sAwarenessDayattheStateHouse
Whereas,accordingtotheNationalInstituteofNeurologicalDisordersandStroke,Alzheimer’sdiseaseisa
“progressiveneurogenerativediseasethatoccurswhennervecellsinthebraindie,”anditcanresultin
“[i]mpairedmemory,thinkingandbehavior,” and
Whereas,mostexpertscalculatethatnearlysevenmillionAmericans65yearsofageandolderareliving
withthisdisease, and
Whereas,inVermont,12,800individuals65yearsofageandolderarelivingwithAlzheimer’s,andin2020
(themostrecentcalculationofthisstatistic),9.9percentoftheState’sresidentsinthisagecohortwereits
victims, and
Whereas,in2022,Alzheimer’swasthecauseofdeathfor329Vermonters,makingthediseasethefourth-
leadingcauseofdeathintheStateandrepresentinga145.5percentincreaseduringtheyears2000–2022, and
Whereas,theimpactofAlzheimer’sinVermontisnotlimitedtothosewhoarelivingwiththedisease,as
approximately20,000Vermontersarededicating29millionhourstoindividuals’Alzheimer’scare,a
commitmentcurrentlyvaluedat$773million,and61.5percentofthecaregivershavechronichealth
conditions,35.4percentaresufferingwithdepression,and10.7percentareinpoorphysicalhealth, and
Whereas,theprojectedMedicaidcostassociatedwithAlzheimer’scareinVermontfor2025is$158
million, and
Whereas,today,April10,2025,familymembers,caregivers,andmedicalprofessionalsaregatheredatthe
StateHousetoinformtheGeneralAssemblyofthefinancial,personal,andsocietalimplicationsofAlzheimer’s
diseaseinVermont,nowthereforebeit
ResolvedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentatives:
ThattheGeneralAssemblydesignatesApril10,2025asAlzheimer’sAwarenessDayattheStateHouse,and
beitfurther
Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutiontotheAlzheimer’s
Association,VermontChapter.