“We’re so unprepared for finding an Alzheimer’s treatment,” by Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post

“The U.S. health-care system is unprepared to cope with the Alzheimer’s crisis — even if there were a treatment in the near future, according to a new study. If there were a treatment for Alzheimer’s in 2020, the study found that people would have to wait a year and a half for access because of a shortage of specialists and equipment to diagnose and treat the disease. An estimated 2.1 million people could develop dementia while waiting for treatment over the next two decades, researchers found.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Five years after the baby boom began following WWII, America woke up to realize we didn’t have enough kindergartens. A mad scramble to build schools ensued. Some things never change

We’re so unprepared for finding an Alzheimer’s treatment

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