Total healthcare costs are more than three times higher for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias than for other people age 65 and older, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2009 Alzheime READ MORE http://www.alz.org/news_and_events_2009_facts_figures.asp
Cost
>> The national tab for caring for individuals with Alzheimer's disease is estimated at $100 billion annually.
>> Alzheimer's disease costs U.S. businesses more than $60 billion a READ MORE http://www.alzfdn.org/AboutAlzheimers/cost.html