Understanding Alzheimer's Disease: A Review of Medical Advancements and Efforts to Address the Societal, Economic, and Personal Toll of an Impending Public Health Crisis
Malaika Singleton, June 2013
California's Alzheimer's disease (AD) population is expected to increase by nearly 40 percent between 2010 and 2025 to nearly 700,000 people. In 2011 California unveiled a 10-year state plan for AD, and in 2012 the Obama administration announced the first national plan to address AD and an aggressive research program and funding pledge to meet the nation's goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer's by 2025.