Report: Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers total 840K in Florida, bear heavy burden

Report: Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers total 840K in Florida, bear heavy burden 
NPR WMFE, by Joe Byrnes; 3/22/24
The number of Floridians serving as caregivers for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias is an estimated 840,000, an increase of 13,000 in just one year, according to an annual report from the Alzheimer's Association. Caregiving takes a toll on families hit by the degenerative brain disease, but a new program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could lessen that burden. ... [This] promising resource in the works is the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model, an approach that includes the patient and caregiver. The GUIDE Model -- through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- starts in July.