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By 2050, the Alzheimer's Association projects, about 16 million Americans - 16 percent of adults 65 and older - will have the disease. The numbers are rising because Americans are living longer and being diagnosed more accurately. But the cost of this care also will rise - topping $1 trillion annually.
Medicaid's portion of Alzheimer's care is projected to increase more than five fold, to $178 billion, including $150 billion in nursing home care.
It's a bill that taxpayers can't afford,health experts say. Even now, states across the country, including Ohio, are slashing Medicaid, the main source of funding for nursing home care.
For baby boomers like Leslie Baum, 49, questions about what care will be available are almost as frightening as the prospect of Alzheimer's itself.
"It's scary as hell," she said. "For us baby boomers, Social Security is likely not going to be around. What's going to happen to those of us who aren't married, who don't have kids, who don't have a significant other? Who's going to take care of us?"
Alzheimer's, a form of dementia, is a progressive disorder that, over time, strips away memory, judgment, language and the ability to perform the most basic tasks.
Alzheimer's is the nation's sixth-leading cause of death. While deaths from cancer, heart disease, stroke and other major killers have declined over the last decade, deaths from Alzheimer's increased 66 percent from 2000 to 2008.
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