This illustration made available by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health depicts cells in an Alzheimer’s affected brain, with abnormal levels of the beta-amyloid protein clumping together to form plaques, brown, that collect between neurons and disrupt cell function.
Last year in Ohio, there were 414,000 family caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients, providing 624 million hours of unpaid care valued at $11.4 billion, according to the Alzheimer’s Association report. About 55% of primary care physicians caring for people with Alzheimer’s say there are not enough dementia care specialists in their communities. In Ohio, a 229.4% increase in dementia care specialists will be needed to care for the state’s population by 2050.An estimated 6.9 million Americans – 10.9% of those aged 65 and older – have Alzheimer’s dementia.
Between 2000 and 2021, the number of deaths from Alzheimer’s disease in the United States more than doubled, increasing 141%, while those from the leading cause of death, heart disease, decreased 2.1%.
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