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| As the World Alzheimer's Report 2010 is published, Andrea Gillies a ' author of The Keeper a ' describes the emotional toll of living with a relative who has the condition Andrea Gillies with her children, Meriel, Cara and Charlie, with Nancy, who has Alzheimer's. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Behind the detailed breakdown of the global financial cost ... |
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| On World Alzheimer's Day, we examine the help and financial options available to families. |
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| Heartache. Struggles. Searching for answers. Determination. Ann Marie Hussey , a retired library technician at Troy University in Troy , has felt all of those emotions. |
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| Merritt Manor Convalescent Hospital has been converted into a facility that specializes in Alzheimer's disease and dementia care. |
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| The cost of caring for people with dementia around the world tops $600 billion according to a report released Tuesday. |
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| A massive projected increase in the number of dementia sufferers is being heralded as the "world health crisis of the 21st century". On World Alzheimer's Day, it couldn't be more relevant. |
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| The global cost of dementia will likely exceed $604 billion this year, or 1 percent of the world's gross domestic product, a new report says. |
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| An estimated 5 million in the U.S. have it. Ita s the sixth leading cause of death. |
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| According to the Alzheimer's Association, about 3.6 million Americans age 65 and older have moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease , which is a degenerative disease of the brain that gets worse over time. |
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| That sticky gunk coating Alzheimer's patients' brains gets all the notoriety, but another culprit is gaining renewed attention: Protein tangles that clog brain cells and just might determine how fast patients go downhill. |
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| There isn't a day, it seems, that Nicole Nalepa doesn't open the paper and read about a senior citizen getting swindled out of their life savings. |
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