According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report, caring for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the United States an estimated $200 billion in 2012. This includes $140 billion paid by Medicare and Medicaid. In addition, one out of seven of the estimated 5.4 million Americans with Alzheimer’s live alone, with up to half not having an identifiable caregiver.
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