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10/19/2015 <br />HC1I <br />What Is Dementia? <br />■ A general term that <br />describes a wide range <br />of symptoms including <br />memory loss and <br />mental decline <br />►Alzheimer's Disease is <br />the most common type <br />of dementia, but... <br />Mixed Dementia <br />Frontaremporal Dementia <br />Huntington's Disease <br />Diversity T <br />ALZHEIMER'S <br />the most common form <br />Parkinson's <br />Creulzfeldt- Ja%:a4 <br />disease <br />rsakoff Syndrome <br />Alz.org <br />Why Should You Care? <br />It's the o nl y cause of death <br />in the top 10 In America that <br />CANNOT BE PREVENTED, <br />CURED OR SLOWED. <br />A eon:roei s <br />disease is the <br />01-it LEADING <br />CAUSE OF DEATH <br />IN THE AO SITED <br /># 0 <br />SENIORS <br />dies with Alzheimer's or <br />another dementia. <br />ALMOST TWO THIRDS <br />of Americans with Alzheimer's <br />disease are women. <br />Only <br />of people wan <br />ALZHEIMER'S <br />disease or their <br />caregivers report <br />BEING TOLD OF <br />THEIR DIAGNOSIS. <br />More than <br />of people wCh me <br />four most common <br />types of CANCER <br />have been <br />TOLD OF THEIR <br />DIAGNOSIS. <br />111111111 <br />ay 2054 these costs <br />could rise as high as <br />S1.1 TRILLION. <br />T <br />In 2015. Alzheimer's and <br />other dement. will c051 the <br />nation $225 BILLION. <br />Alz.org <br />1 <br />