SOURCES1 Online at http://alz.org/news_and_events_19623.asp.2,3 Online at http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/seniors/index.html.

4 Online at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/about_us/who_we_are/faq_fact_sheet/.5 Online at http://www.aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=306650&.

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US SENIOR POPULATION

2012 2025

49 MILLION 72 MILLION

THE BURDEN OF DEMENTIA RAPIDLY INCREASING COSTS

MEDICARE EXPENDITURES:

$386 BILLION2

COSTS PROJECTED TO REACH

$800 BILLION3

SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL CARE FOR SENIORS

ONE GERIATRICIAN

5,000 US SENIORS 4

FEWER THAN

NURSES IS CERTIFIED

TO WORK IN GERONTOLOGY 5

1100

PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME, NON-MEDICAL CARE

HAVE OTHER TYPES OF DEMENTIA

HAVE ALZHEIMER’S

DISEASE

43%29%

SENIORS USING PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME

NON-MEDICAL CARE

OF SENIORS SAY THEY WANT TO AGE IN THEIR HOMES FOR AS

LONG AS POSSIBLE.

FOR SENIORS WITH MORE-SERIOUS DEMENTIA:

73% OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS FOR SENIORS WITH PAID IN-HOME NON-MEDICAL CARE

RATING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CARE AS

OPPOSED TO 62% FOR THOSE WITHOUT SUCH CARE.

RECIPIENTS OF PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME NON-MEDICAL CARE TYPICALLY RECEIVE MORE HOURS

OF CARE PER WEEK

87.9HOURS/ WEEK

35HOURS/ WEEKNO PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME NON-MEDICAL CARE

USING PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME

NON-MEDICAL CARECOMPARED

TO

PROFESSIONAL IN-HOME, NON-

MEDICAL CARE MAY HELP MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND THEIR

SENIOR LOVED ONES.

FEWER DOCTOR’S VISITS PER YEAR.

5.1 MILLION AMERICANS OVER 65

HAVE DEMENTIA 1

OR