Alzheimer’s Disease

Rising Costs of Dementia Due to LTC, Not Medical Care

By Debbie Klimas
Rising Costs of Dementia Due to LTC, Not Medical Care

Dementia patients’ long-term care (LTC) makes up the bulk of cost in treating the disease, and not the actual medical treatment itself, stated a 2013 RAND Corporation report. RAND research estimated dementia costs to reach as high as $511 billion by 2040 and found the bulk of the cost was LTC. The aggressive rise in cost, RAND researchers noted, was due to gaps in current policy that didn’t adequately support treatment measures financially and left too…

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Alzheimer’s Disease Can Mean Decades of Long-Term Care Cost

By Debbie Klimas
Alzheimer’s Disease Can Mean Decades of Long-Term Care Cost

“Every 70 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer’s,” warns the Alzheimer’s Association in a 2017 Facts and Figures report. Just last week, the association, a nonprofit research advocate for Alzheimer’s care and support, released its figures from 2019 and current figures project Alzheimer’s cases to triple to 13.8 American by 2050. Alzheimer’s is incurable. It is a progressive dementia that can last decades, slowly deteriorating a person’s cognitive function, while the body and mind weaken…

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Two tests can predict risk of developing dementia

By Consumer Insurance Guide Staff
Two tests can predict risk of developing dementia

Researchers have developed two easy tests that can help predict whether a senior citizen is at a higher risk of developing dementia, according to the Canadian Press. Published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, the news organization said the study analyzed the effect of standard neurocognitive tests on 1,500 patients aged 65 and older. Researchers found that the delayed word recall test, where patients are asked to remember as many words as possible from a…

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