In an article published in The Washington Post, “More deaths from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in 2020, report says,” (March 2, 2021), may be of interest to ehospiceUSA readers.
The article by journalist Tara Bahrampour shares:
About 40 percent of covid-19 deaths in the United States have been residents or staffers of long-term-care facilities, said the report, which is the organization’s annual Facts and Figures assessment.
The report also noted that by 2050, the number of people 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s in the United States will skyrocket from 6.2 million now to 12.7 million, as the number of people in that age bracket increases from 58 million to 88 million.
Read the article on The Washington Post website.
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