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This joint resolution declares June 2025 as Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month, with a specific focus on Friday, June 20, 2025, as "The Longest Day," a day dedicated to raising awareness about Alzheimer's disease. The resolution highlights California's significant Alzheimer's landscape, noting that the state has 720,000 residents living with the disease - the highest number in the nation - and that it was the second leading cause of death among adults in 2022. The resolution emphasizes the disproportionate impact on communities of color, with projected dramatic increases in Alzheimer's prevalence among Latinx and Asian American populations over the next two decades. It also underscores the profound economic and personal toll of the disease, including the approximately 1.37 million family caregivers who provide unpaid assistance, contributing nearly 1.8 billion hours of care valued at over $44.2 billion. The resolution aims to educate the public about this debilitating disease, increase efforts to combat its human and economic costs, and encourage Californians to take charge of their brain health, while acknowledging that Alzheimer's currently has no proven prevention method or cure.

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