Alzheimer’s deaths expected to grow and industry not prepared with workers, report shows

Alzheimer’s deaths expected to grow and industry not prepared with workers, report show 
Journal-News, by Samantha Wildow; 3/26/24
The number of Alzheimer’s deaths in the U.S. more than doubled between 2000 and 2021, the Alzheimer’s Association says in its latest report, which details how about half of health care workers say their industry is not fully equipped to handle the growing population of people with dementia. ... Multiple factors play into why deaths to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are increasing, including how the health care system is getting better at treating other things like heart disease and cancer, one local doctor said.