Emma mkhwanazi new info on alzheimers disease

emma mkhwanazi new info on alzheimers disease

The Alzheimer's Association released its 2024 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report last week. It's full of new information, including treatments and research, how caregivers are coping, and where the dementia care workforce is heading.

The report lifts up that we have a serious workforce gap. Texas has 333 doctors who specialize in geriatrics to care for the 459,300 people 65 or older who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's in addition to all the other aging conditions. By 2050, we'll need 276.9% more geriatric doctors, the report found.

Here's what else we learned from this report as well as a panel on dementia at South by Southwest:

How many people have Alzheimer's disease?

In Texas, it's 11.9% of people age 65 or older. Nationally, it's 10.9%.

More women than men have Alzheimer's: 9% of men, 11% of women age 65 or older. One study estimates that at age 45, the lifetime risk for Alzheimer's is 20% for women and 10% for men.

The rates also vary by race: In people

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