It is not because of drugs(medication)
but the cost of dementia is staggering according to a report by the
New England Journal of Medicine released today, the United States
spends more on treating the illness than any other disease including
cancer and heart disease. This is a punishing illness physically,
mentally and financially. The cost of an adult with the illness is
now an amazing $50,000 dollars a year. What can you do about the cost
dementia?
The majority of the money spent on the
illness was revealed to be nursing home expenses, an adult who needs
daily care from nurses will be require to spend a lot of money, many
families are not prepared from the tremendous financial commitment
that comes with the illness. The problem is becoming a major problem
to families in the United States but the increases in the illness
worldwide has seen other nations suffer from the financial burden as
well. In England the NHS has admitted they are not prepared to handle
the staggering increases of people being effected by the illness,
what to do about dementia cost is a growing problem
This brain disease costs between $157
billion-$215 billion each year, according to a study by the nonprofit
RAND. Although treatments for other illnesses like drugs for HIV and
cancer are expensive, no drug can really treat dementia, and the
day-to-day costs of caring for a patient are very expensive.
Medications don't come cheap and even those who opt to take care of
their ailing parent at home must deal with lost time at work and
frequent emergencies. It is a 24 hour a day job, waiting on the drug
makers is a huge mistake, there is not a drug that stops the
punishing effects of the illness, waiting on big billion dollar
pharmaceutical companies is where so many lose the fight
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