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This coming Sunday, September 21 is World Alzheimer’s Day. Alzheimer’s disease organizations around the world will concentrate their efforts on drawing attention to Alzheimer’s and dementia. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia to affect seniors, impairing victims’ mental functioning.
With an aging population, Alzheimer’s disease is becoming especially prevalent. In fact, a new case is diagnosed every 68 seconds in America alone! If the current rates continue, it is believed that the number of seniors with Alzheimer’s will quadruple to 16 million by 2050!