Sweet Readers

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Alzheimer’s disease currently affects 5.1 million Americans and is expected to affect more than 20 million by 2050. Presently, 1 in 8 adults over the age of 65 suffers from some form of dementia and by age 80 the ratio jumps to nearly 1 in 2. The 2009 NAC/AARP survey on caregiving in the United States found that 30% of family and other unpaid caregivers of people with AD and other dementias had children or grandchildren under age 18 living at home.