The study, which analyzed data on 1.2 million people with dementia, found improvements in five out of eight global regions ...

Some 4% of U.S. adults aged 65 and older say they have been diagnosed with dementia, a rate that reached 13% for those at least 85-years old, according to a report of a national survey released on ...

A multinational study has revealed that people diagnosed with dementia are now living longer in many parts of the world. By ...

They used over 15,000 health records covering the period between 1987 and 2020, from Black and white adults aged over 55. None of the participants had a diagnosis of dementia at age 55.

As the US population ages, the number of people diagnosed with dementia each year is projected to double – from about 514,000 cases in 2020 to about 1 million a year by 2060.

Coresh’s team predicted that the number of new dementia cases will increase from about 514,000 in 2020 to around 1 million in 2060. The rise is attributed to the aging population — about 58 ...

Can Doctors Estimate Life Expectancy After a Dementia Diagnosis? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The clock is running for people who’ve been ...

Source Reference: Ordoobadi AJ, et al "Risk of dementia diagnosis after injurious falls in older adults" JAMA Netw Open 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36606.

An overwhelming majority of people would choose to get a diagnosis for dementia if a treatment was available, according to a new survey from the global advocacy group Alzheimer’s Disease International ...

The Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment Project estimates that that at least 4.3 million people 55 or older who have cognitive impairment or dementia live alone in the United States.