
Expert Advice for Preventing Alzheimer's Disease: Diet Matters | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
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Alzheimer's and the Cost of Treatment
The cost of treatment for Alzheimer's is mind-blowingly astronomically high yeah well sure exactly and it makes complete sense because the people do have physical problems as well but when a person has severe dementia you're also needing to have care for just what we call the activities of daily living. When a person's got Alzheimer's disease all these other things get built into the nursing care and falls and all kinds of other problems are so much more challenging that's why we're looking at things that we can do to make sure that this doesn't happen to the extent that we can.
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