Georgia’s Blueprint for the Future

The Alzheimer’s Association www.alz.org estimates there are currently more than 130,000 Georgians living with Alzheimer’s disease and that by 2025 that number will grow to 160,000.  The cost to Medicare for individuals with Alzheimer’s or other related dementias already nears half a billion dollars in Georgia. Due to the physical and emotional toll of caregiving, Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers have more than $9.3 billion in additional healthcare costs of their own. (more…)