Post on 19-May-2020
SOURCES1 Online at http://alz.org/news_and_events_19623.asp.2,3 Online at http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/seniors/index.html.
4 Online at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/about_us/who_we_are/faq_fact_sheet/.5 Online at http://www.aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=306650&.
Benefiting those with ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA
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US SENIOR POPULATION
2012 2025
49 MILLION 72 MILLION
THE BURDEN OF DEMENTIA RAPIDLY INCREASING COSTS
MEDICARE EXPENDITURES:
$386 BILLION2
COSTS PROJECTED TO REACH
$800 BILLION3
SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL CARE FOR SENIORS
ONE GERIATRICIAN
5,000 US SENIORS 4
FEWER THAN
NURSES IS CERTIFIED
TO WORK IN GERONTOLOGY 5
1100
PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME, NON-MEDICAL CARE
HAVE OTHER TYPES OF DEMENTIA
HAVE ALZHEIMER’S
DISEASE
43%29%
SENIORS USING PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME
NON-MEDICAL CARE
OF SENIORS SAY THEY WANT TO AGE IN THEIR HOMES FOR AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE.
FOR SENIORS WITH MORE-SERIOUS DEMENTIA:
73% OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS FOR SENIORS WITH PAID IN-HOME NON-MEDICAL CARE
RATING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CARE AS
OPPOSED TO 62% FOR THOSE WITHOUT SUCH CARE.
RECIPIENTS OF PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME NON-MEDICAL CARE TYPICALLY RECEIVE MORE HOURS
OF CARE PER WEEK
87.9HOURS/ WEEK
35HOURS/ WEEKNO PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME NON-MEDICAL CARE
USING PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME
NON-MEDICAL CARECOMPARED
TO
PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME, NON-
MEDICAL CARE MAY HELP MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND THEIR
SENIOR LOVED ONES.
FEWER DOCTOR’S VISITS PER YEAR.
5.1 MILLION AMERICANS OVER 65
HAVE DEMENTIA 1
OR