State Sen. John Curran | senatorcurran.com
State Sen. John Curran | senatorcurran.com
An Alzheimer’s advocacy group recently thanked Sen. John Curran (R-Lemont) for sponsoring a bill that would require medical service providers to continue to undergo annual dementia training.
“The number of Illinoisans living with dementia is growing, and the need for training on this disease is greater than ever,” Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Advocacy posted on Facebook recently. “Thank you, Sen. John Curran, for co-sponsoring Alzheimer’s Association-backed legislation to continue the training requirement established in 2019 for direct-service workers!”
Senate Bill 2993 was introduced Jan. 5 and Curran signed on as a co-sponsor a couple of weeks later. It aims to amend the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Services Act by requiring that dementia training continues to be provided yearly for those in the medical field.
About 5.7 million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. In 2018, approximately 220,000 Illinoisans were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the Illinois Department on Aging reports.
“I was proud to co-sponsor this important legislation,” Curran posted on his Facebook page.
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