Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer’s Disease Report 2015

Table of Contents Introduction 2 The Current Trajectory: Impact of Alzheimer’s in the Absence of a Breakthrough Treatment 3 Number of Americans Living with Alzheimer’s Disease 4 Number of Americans Living with Alzheimer’s by Stage of Disease 4 Costs of Care 6 Changing the Trajectory: Impact of a Hypothetical Treatment That Delays the Onset of Alzheimer’s 7 Number of Americans Living with Alzheimer. [...] Group, and include estimates for the number of The direct costs of health care and long-term care for Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease from 2015 to people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias are 2050; the number of Americans by severity of the substantial, making Alzheimer’s one of the costliest disease at any point in time; and the costs of their care conditions in the United Sta. [...] In addition, because the introduction increase the proportion of those living in the severe of a treatment would decrease the total number of stage of the disease. [...] ‡Because the costs of a hypothetical treatment to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s by five years could vary so widely, the costs of care in this section do not include the costs of the hypothetical treatment. [...] One Current Trajectory year after the release of the plan, the National Institutes Under the current trajectory, in the 10-year period of Health (NIH) outlined a research roadmap with from 2026-2035, the total annual costs to all payers for priorities and milestones to support the 2025 goal.6 the care of people living with Alzheimer’s and other In October 2014, a workgroup of nearly 40 leading dem.