SM 35 — "ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS DAY"

SENATEA MEMORIAL 35PROCLAIMING 54THFEBRUARY LEGISLATURE5, - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION , 2020 INTRODUCED"ALZHEIMER'S BYDISEASE MichaelAWARENESS PadillaDAY" andIN WilliamTHE F.SENATE.

Burt5 6WHEREAS, 8Alzheimer's 10disease, Athe MEMORIALmost PROCLAIMINGcommon FEBRUARYcause 5,of 2020dementia, "ALZHEIMER'Sis DISEASEa AWARENESSdegenerative, DAY"fatal INdisease THEof SENATE.the brain that destroys mental and physical functions;

14and WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease,disease the most common cause of dementia, is not a degenerative,part fatal disease of the brainnormal thataging destroysprocess; mental and physical functions;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, Alzheimer'sthere disease is notno aknown partcure, oftreatment theor normalprevention wfor lAlzheimer's ndisease; d 18 aging process;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, thereevery issixty-five noseconds, knownsomeone cure,in treatmentAmerica ordevelops prevention i a e r 20 for Alzheimer's disease;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, everyan sixty-fiveestimated seconds,five someonemillion ineight Americahundred dthousand rAmericans enow 22live developswith Alzheimer's disease;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, anas estimated fiveforty-one million eight hundred thousand epeople ain nNew bMexico 24are Americanscurrently nowliving live with Alzheimer's disease;

and u [ WHEREAS, as estimated forty-one thousand people in New .216653.1 Mexico are currently living with Alzheimer's disease;

and WHEREAS, by 2025, New Mexico will have an estimated fifty-fifty-three three thousand residents diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 5, 2020 be proclaimed SM 35 Page 1 "Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Day" in the senate to honor the many individuals and their loved ones who have been affected by Alzheimer's disease and to raise public awareness of this disease;

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