Summary: The cost of Alzheimer's Disease, in addition to the amount of people accumulating the disease, is becoming a substantial social issue. The correlation between these two problems creates an entirely new social problem and burden for families and those with AD.
Key Facts:
"Risk factors for AD include advanced age, genetics, as well as female gender and possibly previous head trauma."
"About 10% of the US population has AD at age 70, but this number increased to roughly 40% by age 90."
"Hallucinations were negatively correlated to and significant predictors of two different measures of activities of daily living in individuals with probable AD."
"Give the significant disability in many individuals with AD, it is not surprising that the attendant costs, both economically and socially, are enormous."
"Nonetheless, when direct and indirect costs are totaled, the estimated economic burden of AD is huge; a variety of studies using different economic approaches have estimated that the annual cost of caring for a patient with AD int he US to be roughly $40,000 to $50,000 per year in 2000."
"Given the aging of the US population, the prevalence of AD will increase in the future, as will the burden of caring for millions of individuals with significant cognitive and behavioral limitations."
DEMAKIS, GEORGE. "DISABILITY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: CAUSES,
CONSEQUENCES, AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS." JSTOR. SPAEF, 1 Jan. 2007. Web. 31 Jan. 2015. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25790710>.
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