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Caregivers Health a Concern in New Study
Caregiving Costs: Declining Health in the Alzheimeräó»s Caregiver as Dementia Increases in the Care Recipient released by the National Alliance for Caregiving shows a significant decrease in family caregiver health over time and increased personal healthcare costs, as their care recipientäó»s dementia increases.æ The study was conducted by examining the...
Alzheimer’s Report Addresses Action Steps for National Alzheimer’s Plan
Alzheimeräó»s from the Frontlines: Challenges a National Alzheimeräó»s Plan Must Address is a collective effort to share the real and unrelenting struggles that must be addressed in the National Alzheimeräó»s Plan now being created through the implementation of the National Alzheimeräó»s Project Act (NAPA).æ The Alzheimeräó»s Association and its more...
Newsletter Archive 2012
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90+ Population Growing
That’s Philomena, my mom, 90! According to an Associated Press report, nearly 2 million people are now are 90 or over, nearly triple their numbers of just three decades ago. Count my mom in there. Unfortunately they are more likely than the merely elderly to live in poverty and to...