The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease is quickly growing. Five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease today, including 200,000 people under the age of 65 (“2015 Alzheimer’s,” 2015). Most people living with the disease are not aware of their diagnosis and about half have not even been diagnosed. In Georgia, 130,000 adults older than 65 have the disease and that number is expected to nearly double by the year 2025 (“2015 Alzheimer’s,” 2015). Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. One in three seniors will die with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. In 2015, Alzheimer’s and other dementias alone will cost the U.S. $226 billion (“2015 Alzheimer’s,” 2015). Also,
