“Researchers find Alzheimer’s threat never diminishes; average survival confirmed 6 years,” by Marty Stempniak, McKnight’s LTC News

“First-ever studies are bringing new revelations about Alzheimer’s disease this week, as the Alzheimer’s Association hosts its 2018 International Conference in Chicago. Among them: Dementia survival time is short, regardless of the age at onset. … Aiming to better understand survival times of those diagnosed at a relatively young age, Amsterdam researchers poured over data for some 4,500 early-onset dementia patients in one memory clinic. They found that median survival time, across all age groups, was six years, hardly different from those older than 65.”

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

I often cited average time from Alzheimer’s onset to death as eight years based on research from 25 years ago. We’ll see if this shorter period is confirmed by future studies.

Researchers find Alzheimer’s threat never diminishes; average survival confirmed 6 years

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