The Staggering Toll Of Alzheimer's

This interesting study marks starting fourth dimension time economical comport upon of Alzheimer's affliction is beingness quantified on a local level.

I only finished reading a good written, fascinating, as well as scary article inwards U T San Diego - Alzheimer's $27 billion toll inwards county.

Wow, $27 billion for ane county with some 60,000 persons living with Alzheimer's. Yikes.

I extracted out some of the to a greater extent than interesting facts presented inwards the article.

Get Answers to Your Questions About Alzheimer's as well as Dementia

By Bob DeMarco
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• Nationally, the straight economical costs of medical tending due to Alzheimer’s inwards 2010 was $109 billion, which exceeded the costs associated with cancer or see affliction (at $107 billion as well as $102 billion respectively).

Note: exclusively $500 meg dollars is beingness spent on Alzheimer's affliction research. Yet, the terms of treating Alzheimer's patients is greater than treating see patients or treating cancer patients. Already! Does this brand sense?

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• In 2012, at that topographic point were 16,897 hospitalizations inwards which Alzheimer’s or other dementias was the master copy or secondary diagnosis, for a full terms of $886 million. And an estimated 136,800 San Diegans provided 156 meg hours of unpaid care, worth some $1.94 billion.

• The study institute that inwards 2012, the average accuse for a unmarried infirmary remain for a mortal diagnosed with Alzheimer’s was $52,412, the average length of remain was 9.4 days as well as 2 inwards 5 hospitalizations resulted inwards the patient transferred to a skilled nursing or intermediate tending facility, increasing the terms further.

• In 2012, the top iii reasons for hospitalizations with San Diegans historic menstruum 55 years as well as older with (a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s affliction or other dementias) were septicemia (infection resulting from the presence of bacteria inwards the blood), urinary tract infections as well as pneumonia.

Like I mentioned, this is a actually a good written, idea provoking, article.

For example, nosotros convey virtually the same pose out of Alzheimer's patients hither inwards Palm Beach county, Florida, where I live. So hither locally nosotros volition endure confronted with a similar situation.

And the costs are rising.

I would recommend that y'all read the article; as well as then, mail the url to your local politicians. Here is the url to read, as well as thus re-create as well as mail if y'all tending to produce so.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/14/report-quantifies-alzheimers-economic-toll/

I too institute this study rattling interesting - The Economic Burden of Alzheimer's as well as other Dementias inwards San Diego County.

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Bob DeMarco  is the Founder of the (ARR). Bob is a recognized expert, writer, speaker, as well as influencer inwards the Alzheimer's as well as Dementia Community worldwide. The ARR Knowledge Base contains to a greater extent than than 4,900 articles as well as 368,000 links. Bob lives inwards Delray Beach, FL.

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