If you don’t know someone with Alzheimer’s now or a person who is caring for someone with the disease, you probably will soon. Consider these staggering statistics released today by the Alzheimer’s Association: Medicare payments are 19 times higher for an older person with Alzheimer’s or other dementias than for ... continue reading
Bob DeMarco blogs about the day-to-day experiences of caring for his mother with Alzheimer's in the Alzheimer's Reading Room.
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The New Old Age: The Alzheimer's Reading Room
A new international report about Alzheimer’s disease suggests that the global economic impact of dementia costs about $604 billion or 1% of the global Gross Domestic Product, indicating that the financial toll of caring for patients with Alzheimer’s is substantial and expected to rise.
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WEDNESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s disease will more than double in the next 40 years, and the cumulative costs of caring for them between now and 2050 will exceed $20 trillion, a new report from the Alzheimer’s Association finds.
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