State Reps introduce legislation to increase dementia awareness and education.

State Reps. Jim Hoops, R-Napoleon, and Rachel Baker, D-Cincinnati, recently introduced legislation to increase dementia awareness and education, ultimately strengthening the care and quality of life for Ohioans’ living with dementia and those who care for them. Under the legislation, the Ohio Department of Health, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Aging, the Commission on Minority Health and community organizations located throughout the state, will develop and distribute awareness information on Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.