Every 70 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimers.
That statistic is according to the Alzheimers Association. In a recent study the association said more than 5 million Americans are living with the disease. That's a 10 percent increase since the last estimate five years ago.
Treatment is currently available for Alzheimers patients, but there is no cure for the disease. That means if these numbers keep growing by 2050 that toll could reach 16 million.
But as WBKO's Fida Georges reports there is more to these statistics, and the findings of this study have implications for long term health care.
Director of Western's Center for Gerontology, Dr. Dana Bradley, said the findings of this study seem alarming, but reflect the aging of our general population.
"As the baby boomers enter into old age (they are turning 60 now) they are becoming older. The population is aging and also we have increases in longevity," Bradley said
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