Women Bearing the Burden of Alzheimer's Disease

Women Bearing the Burden of Alzheimer's Disease 3 in 5 Women are 2.5 times More than 3 in 5 unpaid Alzheimer's caregivers are women more likely than men to provide intensive, 24-hour care to someone in the late stage of the disease 10 MILLION 23othicds About 10 million women are currently providing unpaid care to someone with Alzheimer's or another dementia Nearly two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer's are women 1 in 6 1 in 11 22222222222 67 Women age 60 and older have a 1 in 6 chance of developing Alzheimer's during their remaining life span. For breast cancer, the odds are 1 in 11 Someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer's every 67 seconds 62% of women More than 5 MILLION find caregiving to be emotionally stressful American's are living with Alzheimer's 3.2 MILLION An estimated 3.2 million women age 65 and older are lilving with Alzheimer's THE NEW AGE OF ADVICE TRANSAMERICA www.NewAgeofAdvice.com Source: 2014 Alzheimer's Association