Act Now Or Pay Later: The Cost Of Late Dementia Diagnosis

Two years ago, the Alzheimer’s Association released a report, Alzheimer’s Disease: Financial and Personal Benefits of Early Diagnosis, which was covered by Bloomberg News (see Spotting Alzheimer’s Early Could Save America $7.9 Trillion), CBS News, and other major media outlets while stirring up a hornet’s nest among academic researchers. Academics asserted that the report was flawed in many ways, wasn’t sourced, and wasn’t peer reviewed. I don’t know if it was or it wasn’t sourced, or the validity of the report, but maybe it had the affect intended by the association . . .