Home Health Care News August 1, 2024
In 2023, an estimated 6.7 million people in the U.S. were living with Alzheimer’s disease. That number is projected to increase to 14 million by 2060, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Very few people don’t know someone who has been affected by this,” AlzBetter CEO Gary Skole told Home Health Care News. “People are living longer. If you’re over 85 years old, there’s a nearly 50% chance you’re going to have some form of dementia. There are many people over 85 right now; it’s the fastest growing part of our population.”
Since 1989, AlzBetter, based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, has provided senior care support to families and health care organizations and recently launched the...
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