Author: Vicki Wynn
Major Program: Know the 10 Signs
One in three senior adults dies each year due to Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (Alzheimer's Association, 2016). Alzheimer's is an incurable brain disease that causes a slow, progressive decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills (Alzheimer's Association, 2016). Learning more about the disease and its warning signs is important because timely detection may offer benefits for people living with dementia and their families. For example, some memory loss or dementia-l
Author: Lynn Blankenship
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, “Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, and as many as 16 million will have the disease in 2050. The cost of caring for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias is estimated to total $214 billion in 2014, increasing to $1.2 trillion (in today’s dollars) by mid-century. Nearly one in every three seniors who dies each year has Alzheimer’s or another dementia.” As a result,
