Description

The North Carolina’s Institute of Medicine’s (NCIOM) Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia was convened in March 2015 in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Aging and Adult Services. Funding for the Task Force was provided by AARP NC, the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s NC, Carol Woods, Carolina Meadows, the Duke Endowment, LeadingAge NC, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Aging and Adult Services, Southminster, and the Winston-Salem Foundation.
The Task Force was chaired by Goldie S. Byrd, PhD, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, North Carolina A&T State University; Doug Dickerson, MBA, State Director, AARP North Carolina; and Lisa Gwyther, MSW, CSW, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center. The Task Force’s work would not have been possible without their leadership.