Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America: A Decadal Survey of the Behavioral and Social Sciences

by Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Behavioral Cognitive and Sensory Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

As the largest generation in U.S. history - the population born in the two decades immediately following World War II - enters the age of risk for cognitive impairment, growing numbers of people will experience dementia (including Alzheimer's disease and related dementias). By one estimate, nearly 14 million people in the United States will be living with dementia by 2060. Like other hardships, the experience of living with dementia can bring unexpected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309495032
• ISBN13: 9780309495035
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"