8820-15 National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness

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RESOLUTION NO. 8820 -15 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Mardian, Marx, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION recognizing the month of November as National Alzheimer's Disease and Awareness Month. WHEREAS, every 67 seconds someone develops Alzheimer's; and more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the country; and WHEREAS, the Walk to End Alzheimer's takes place at 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13 at Lake Farmpark and at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept 19 at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon; and WHEREAS, Lakewood Division of Aging senior citizens have raised funds to support the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer's — the world's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support and research; and WHEREAS, the Social Security Administration has added early onset /younger onset Alzheimer's to the list of conditions under its Compassionate Allowance Initiative, giving those with the disease expedited access to Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Secu- rity Income; and WHEREAS, the Ohio Council of the Alzheimer's Association is working to preserve and enhance state programs that provide critical support to individuals with Alzheimer's and their family caregivers; and WHEREAS, Ohio Council of the Alzheimer's Association is working to ensure that cur- rent Alzheimer's Respite programs and services are adequately funded to accommodate the growing need; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. This Council and Mayor designate and proclaim the month of November as National Alzheimer's Disease and Awareness Month, and call on the citizens of Lakewood to participate in the local awareness of the disease. Section 2. The Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Director of Human Services Toni Gelsomino and that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.