Dementia Disease: A Case Study
Research by Norman and Kornusky (2016) supports the issue of dementia disease as a significant public health and economic concern. It has an impact on the medical cost, social cost, and cost associated with family member loss of income from employment as a result of staying home to take care of loved ones ( Para 2). The patients dependent on health services and support increases as dementia get worse. A patient who is over 65 years diagnosed with Alzheimer is projected to reach 13.8 by the year 2050 unless medical intervention. US Department of Health and Human services (2013) "identified three genes associated with the early onset of Alzheimer diseases and they concluded that people with family history of Alzheimer disease are at risk of