Senior Housing: Should our focus be on Memory Care Communities and a Cure?
A report recently released by Alzheimer’s Disease International identifies staggering statistics that will have a significant impact on the health care system and care givers here in the United States and world wide.
- Every 70 seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
- More than 35 million people worldwide live with the disease today and by 2050, there will be more than 115 million people suffering from Alzheimer’s
- Alzheimer’s kills more individuals today than both prostate cancer and breast cancer combined.
- In the next 40 years, the cost of caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s in the United States will increase to more than $20 trillion dollars just for Medicare and Medicaid alone.
For more information and a PDF copy of the report click here
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