Almost 15 Million in the U.S. Care for Alzheimer's Patients
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Almost 15 million people care for U.S. patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, providing 17 billion hours of unpaid help valued at $202.6 billion, an advocacy group said.
There are more unpaid caregivers, mostly family members and friends, than people who live in Illinois, the fifth-largest state, according to an annual report from the Chicago-based Alzheimer's Association today.