There are nearly 15 million Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers providing 17 billion hours of unpaid care valued at more than $202 billion.
Alzheimer's disease is the nation's largest underfunded public health threat with an estimated 5.4 million Americans living with the disease.
Alzheimer's is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. without a way to prevent, cure or even slow its progression. In fact, Alzheimer's kills more people than diabetes and more people than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.
In 2010, Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers had $7.9 billion in additional health care costs.
This just stinks!!!!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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The Early, Mild to Moderate and Advanced stages of Alzheimer's in the brain.
Seven Stages of Alzheimer's
1. No sign of congnitive impairment.
2. Very mild congnitive decline.
3. Mild congnitive decline.
4. Moderate congnitive decline.
5. Moderately severe congnitive decline.
6. Severe congnitive decline.
7. Very severe congnitive decline.
(Congnitive pertains to the mental process of perception, memory, judgement, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.)
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I just heard this on the Today Show ... staggering stastitics ..
ReplyDeleteYes it is.
ReplyDeleteYes it does!
ReplyDeleteA very talented lady who sings in the choir at my church has just been diagnosed with it. :-(
I am sorry to hear about your friend. My prayer are with her and her family.
ReplyDeleteThose statistics are mind shattering. Hopefully someday soon we will see more and better changes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this...
Hugs,
Your welcome. I can't believe the these facts and figures. Last yr Alz's was the 7 leading cause of death this yr it is 6th.
ReplyDeleteThose numbers are just to way to high. Something needs to be done and soon.
ReplyDeleteThose number's are just to high, something needs to be done and soon.
ReplyDeleteOma!! I am so happy you posted. Oma is my niece. So gald to see you and you are right these numbers are way to high.
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