Estimated number of Florida Residents with some form of Alzheimer's Desease
523,463
These numbers are from the Saint Petersburgh Times published on March 14,2011 The story, by Emily Nipps, states:
An 85 year old Weeki Wachee man left his home to get a hair cut and didn't return. He was found, unharmed, the next day 200 miles away in Collier County. A 75 year old Largo man took a drive and found two days later when his truch broke down in Georgia. An 85 year old St. Petersburg woman didn't get so far, Thanks to a Silver Alert. Gisela Petrovic dissappeared from her home one December night and was found a few hours later in Dunedin when a woman saw and electric road sign describing her Toyota.
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An estimated 36.8 million people - 12.4% of the population - are 65 and older.
The U.S. population age 65 and older is expected to double in size within the next 25 years.
By 2030, almost 1 in 5 Americans - some 72 million people - will be 65 or older.
The 85+ population is projected to double from 4.7 million in 2003 to 9.6 million in 2030 - and double again to 20.9 million in 2050.
In 1960, only 1.6% of older men and 1.5% of women age 65 and older were divorced. By 2003, 7% of older men and 8.6% of older women were divorced and had not remarried.
About 80% of seniors have at least one chronic health condition and 50% have at least two.
Extreme stress can take as much as 10 years off a family caregiver's life.
Family caregivers report having a chronic condition at more than twice the rate of non-caregivers