Alzheimer’s Triples Cost of Health Care

Having Alzheimer’s disease triples a person’s health care costs, a new report says. The report tallied costs for nursing homes and other medical care. Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance paid for the care. The total was about $33,000 a year for someone with Alzheimer’s. Costs were about $10,600 a year for an older adult without the disease. The Alzheimer’s Association issued the report. The Associated Press wrote about it March 24.