Capital Campaign Objectives

To build a state of the art, multifunctional, innovative AFA Education and Resource Center to support the more than 60,000 Long Islanders living with Alzheimer’s or related dementias, and thousands of family and
professional caregivers in need.
 
Now more than ever, families affected by dementia-related illnesses need places to go for guidance,
assistance, and support.

Alzheimer’s Disease is a Public Health

Over 6.7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s disease.

The CDC projects that number to more than double by 2060. Families need a place to turn for guidance, counseling and support. AFA’s Education and Resource Center provide those places. 

Filling an Unmet Need

Our New Long Island Center will be the first of this capital campaign. It will be readily accessible to residents of Suffolk and Nassau Counties. The center will provide essential services for the more than 60,000 Long Island families living with Alzheimer’s disease and 
valuable training for the workers
that serves them.

The lack of such a place in Suffolk or Nassau County, which have a combined population of approximately 3 million people, means that this new Center will fill a significant service gap facing Long Islanders affected by dementia.