Alzheimer's Disease is an epidemic which affects three generations.
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.
September 12, 2012
Matt was part of the first group of kids from Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Connecticut to become …
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