Early Onset Dementia: A National Challenge, A Future Crisis

June 2006 Early Onset Dementia: A National Challenge, A Future Crisis This report incorporates the new analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) with a survey conducted by the Alzheimer's Association and in-depth, personal interviews, all of which paint a picture of the early onset of Alzheimer's and dementia among a hidden generation of Americans under age 65. Data from the HRS indicated that there may be as many as a half a million Americans under age 65 who have dementia or a cognitive impairment at a level of severity consistent with dementia. Combining . . .