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Assessments, Interventions and Caring for Patients with Alzheimer’s and Dementia

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In 2016, The World Alzheimer’s report estimated that 47 million around the globe had Dementia. More than 6 million Americans, will have some type of dementia, including Alzheimer’s. By 2050, an American will be diagnosing with Alzheimer’s every 33 seconds. In 2017, every 66 seconds an American will develop Alzheimer’s. Caregivers provide 18 billion hours of unpaid assistance Two- thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women, And more than 60 percent of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers are women The economic burden of dementia in the United States on women is estimated to be 91.1 billion dollars. Leading cause of Dementias are: Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Lewy Body Disease, Alcohol-related Dementia,(Korstkoff’s syndrome), HIV/AIDS Related Dementias, Frontal-Temporal Dementias ( Pick’s Disease), Tumor, Lyme Disease, Down’s Syndromes, Meningitis, and certain vitamin deficiencies ( B12, Folic acid and Niacin). Early Signs of Alzheimer’s over 60 found are those who consistently slept for more than nine hours each might twice as likely to develop neurological conditions (Journal of Neurology, 2017). Arterial stiffness in Older Adults predicts future Dementia (Chen Cui U of Pittsburgh 2018) as per literature finding.

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