Senior Housing News May 14, 2024
A new online registry that tracks cases of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in Virginia is now enshrined into law in the commonwealth.
The Virginia Memory Project, a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), was codified into law on April 2. The project is meant to track and support people directly or indirectly impacted by dementia.
Data for the registry comes from de-identified insurance claim data and an online questionnaire that is meant to determine someone’s health and dementia risk factors.
The project was started in 2021 by Annie Rhodes, director of The Virginia Memory Project.
According to a recent article on the project, Rhodes received a grant from VDH to build...
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