Dementia Is a HUGE Public Health Problem

Currently More Than 55 Million people are living with dementia across the globe.      (9/2022 World Health Organzation)

An Estimated 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimers (or some other form of dementia)

(9/2022 World Health Organization)

There are over 10 Million new cases of dementia diagnosed every year.

There are currently over 200 types of dementia (not including all the mixed dementias).  

Alzheimers  represents about 60% of these diagnoses.

This makes it super difficult to understand and manage

In 2022, Dementia became the 7th leading cause of death.

More than stroke and most cancers.

(It was 6th, but COVID-19 changed the rankings in 2021)

Patients and Families are in this fight an enormous number of years.

So much longer than most diagnoses.

An Estimated $271 Billion is spent each year in both paid and unpaid dementia care.

Dementia takes a physical, emotional, social and financial toll.  This level of stress over long periods of time has a dramatic effect on care providers.

In 2021, The World Health Organization identified dementia as a public health priority.  This is driven by the exponential diagnosis rate as well as the lack of healthcare infrastructure to meet the expected demand.