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Why dementia burden may be less than feared

  • Written by Roger L. Albin, Professor of Neurology, University of Michigan
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It is a truism that aging of populations will result in large and potentially unmanageable increases in the number of older adults with dementia.

Michael D. Hurd, a senior researcher with RAND, and colleagues estimated the present annual financial burden of dementia care in the United...

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