JOIN OUR TEAM!
By participating, we're committed to raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer's research, care and support. This year we will participate in the walk with family and friends. Our goal is to raise $4,000 before the Walk in November.
We need your support to do our part! Please make a donation to help the Alzheimer's Association advance research into prevention, treatments and a cure for Alzheimer's. For the millions already affected by the disease, the Association offers care, education, support and resources in communities nationwide.
Some staggering facts and figures about Alzheimer's:
* 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's or another dementia * Over 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's * Alzheimer's is the 6th leading cause of death * Alzheimer's is the most costly disease in the U.S. * It is the only cause of death among the top 10 in America without a way to prevent it, cure it or even slow its progression * It kills more than Breast & Prostate Cancer combined *
Our future is at risk unless we can find a way to change the course of this disease.
THANK YOU for joining our movement and supporting our efforts! The end of Alzheimer's disease starts here.
Some additional staggering facts and figures about Alzheimer's:
- An estimated 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2021.
- More than 1 in 9 people age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia.
- Two-thirds of Americans over age 65 with Alzheimer’s dementia (3.8 million) are women.
- Deaths due to Alzheimer’s between 2000 and 2019 has more than doubled, increasing 145%.
- 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
- More than 11 million caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias provided an estimated 15.3 billion hours of unpaid care, a contribution to the nation valued at $257 billion.
- Nearly half of all caregivers (48%) who provide help to older adults do so for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
- Approximately two-thirds of caregivers are women, and one-third of dementia caregivers are daughters.
- Forty-one percent of caregivers have a household income of $50,000 or less.
- In 2021, total payments for all individuals with Alzheimer’s or other dementias are estimated at $355 billion (not including unpaid caregiving).
- Medicare and Medicaid are expected to cover $239 billion or 67% of the total health care and long-term care payments for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Out-of-pocket spending is expected to be $76 billion.
- Total payments for health care, long-term care and hospice care for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias are projected to increase to more than $1.1 trillion in 2050.
- The total lifetime cost of care for someone with dementia is estimated at $373,527.
