Alzheimer's disease currently affects one in 10 people over age 65 and nearly half of those over age 85.
More than 19 million Americans say they have a family member with the disease, and 37 million say they know somebody affected with Alzheimer's.
In the United States, the average lifetime cost per Alzheimer patient is US$174,000. (These figures are from the U.S. Alzheimer's Association).
Resources:
The Alzheimer Research Forum: "A scientific knowledge base on Alzheimer disease, with research news, expert commentaries, and databases for peer-reviewed articles, drugs, research reagents, grants, jobs, conferences, and more."
www.alzforum.org
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern University
https://www.brain.northwestern.edu/dementia/ad/index.html
Medline Plus
https://medlineplus.gov/alzheimersdisease.html
Links to national organizations that offer support:
http://www.alz.org/ Site of the U.S. Alzheimer’s Association.
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/ Site of the U.K. Alzheimer's Society
http://www.alzheimer.ca/ Site of the Canadian Alzheimer's Association
https://www.dementia.org.au/ Site of Dementia Australia
www.alzheimers.org.nz Site of Alzheimer's New Zealand