U.S. Rate of Dementia Declining -- But Beware of Growing Numbers, Scholars Say
April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Gerontological Society of America issued the following news release:
The good news: the rate of older Americans with dementia is on the decline. The bad news: The number of Americans age 85 and older will roughly double in the next 20 years, so even with a decline in the rate of dementia among older adults, the number of people with dementia will likely increase substantially, according University of Michigan researcher Robert Schoeni, PhD.
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The good news: the rate of older Americans with dementia is on the decline. The bad news: The number of Americans age 85 and older will roughly double in the next 20 years, so even with a decline in the rate of dementia among older adults, the number of people with dementia will likely increase substantially, according University of Michigan researcher Robert Schoeni, PhD.
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