The Politics of a Public Health Crisis & Caregiving ft. Luke Albee & Karen Garner

June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month and our guests for this episode have personal and professional experience with Alzheimer’s Disease. Luke Albee worked in the U.S. Senate for 27 years, including as a chief of staff for both Senators Patrick Leahy (VT) and Mark Warner (VA). Karen Garner is the Advocacy Manager for the Alzheimer’s Association for all of Virginia. Co-hosting this episode is Dr. David Goldberg, Assistant Clinical Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Links in this episode: 

• Alzheimer’s Association
• UVA Memory and Aging Care Clinic (MACC)
• Missing Jim
• Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers
• A lifetime of racism makes Alzheimer’s more common in Black Americans
• Social Determinants of Health
• What Does the New Congress Mean for Family Policy?