The Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services meets quarterly to discuss programs that impact people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) and their caregivers. Representatives from agencies and organizations that work with dementia treatment and care are invited to present information to the Advisory Council. The public is also given time at each meeting to provide first-hand information of their day-to-day experience.
This section provides the information available for each Advisory Council meeting.
Comments and questions, or alerts to broken links, should be sent to napa@hhs.gov.
2026 Meetings
February 9, 2026 — Advisory Council
During the first meeting of 2026, HHS will introduce and swear in a new slate of Advisory Council members. Federal agencies will provide an overview of their work under the National Alzheimer’s Project Act since 2011, and the Advisory Council will discuss a plan for updating the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease for 2026-2035. The meeting will also include presentations on innovative approaches in Alzheimer's disease interventions.
General Material:
Presentation Slides:
- National Alzheimer’s Project Act Overview
- New Federal Agency Partners SSA
- Federal Agency Roles and Progress: NIH, FDA, NSF, DOW, CMS
- Federal Agency Roles and Progress: ACL, HRSA, CDC
- Federal Agency Roles and Progress: IHS, AHRQ, SAMHSA, ASPE
- Robotic Surgical Procedure to Address Alzheimer’s
- Ten Years of Transformative Progress in Alzheimer's Dementia Research: From DIAN Insights to AI-Powered Discovery: Alzheimer’s Prevention, Aging, and Artificial Intelligence
- Approach to Updating National Plan for 2026-2035
2025 Meetings
January 13, 2025 — Advisory Council
During the meeting, the Advisory Council will hear updates from federal agencies on activities during the last quarter and from panels organized by the risk reduction and long-term services and supports subcommittees. Presenters will discuss dementia risk reduction strategies, experiences of people living with dementia, and different dementia care programs from across the country.
General Material:
Presentation Slides:
- Federal Agency Updates
- Road Map for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples
- Reducing Dementia Risk through Prevention Interventions in Faith-Based Communities
- Interventions in the Workplace
- Honoring Elders and Preventing Culture Loss Through Dementia Care at Home
- Community-Engaged Research to Address Dementia Disparities in Vietnamese Americans
- Role of the Black Church
- Cariños Model in Southwest Texas