Facts About Alzheimer's Disease

An estimated 5.4 million American's have Alzheimer's disease.
Another American develops Alzheimer's disease every 69 seconds.
In 2010, 14.9 million family and friends provided 17 billion hours of unpaid care to those with Alzheimer's and other dementias.
The cost of caring for those with Alzheimer's to American society will total $183 billion in 2011.
Deaths from Alzheimer's increased 66 percent between 2000 and 2008, and Alzheimer's is the only cause of death among the top 10 in America without a way to prevent, cure, or even slow its progression.
Taken from: Alzheimer's Association.

Safety Tip

Safety tip for seniors: Remove unsecured rugs because they are easy to trip over and pose a fall risk!

Positive Aging

Longevity has benefits like surviving the adversities of life, gaining experience, and maybe even becoming wise. Research shows older people are happier overall and focus on more positive things than negative. This is thought to be because youth tends to focus on achievements like building a career. Older people often shift their focus to emotionally based activities like spending more time with family and friends and having the knowledge of your life achievements. It’s also helpful to stay active.

Beliefs can change how we experience the world. Beliefs can also have an effect on aging. For example, in 1975 Levy studied people who had positive and negative attitudes about aging. She recorded who agreed and disagreed with the statement:
“Things keep getting worse as I get older.” She later checked the mortality data (in 1998) and found that people who had positive attitudes about aging had lived an average of 7.5 years longer than those with negative attitudes toward aging.

Counseling and Geriatric Case Management

"There is no old age. There is,

as there always was, just you."

-Carol Matthau



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