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Increased awareness and use of cognitive assessments seen as dementia-related priorities by RAND policy brief

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ImprovingDementiaLTCImprov­ing Demen­tia Long-Term Care: A Pol­i­cy Blue­print (RAND Cor­po­ra­tion’s report):

“In 2010, 15 per­cent of Amer­i­cans old­er than age 70 had demen­tia, and the num­ber of new demen­tia cas­es among those 65 and old­er is expect­ed to dou­ble by the year 2050. As the baby boomer gen­er­a­tion ages, many old­er adults will require demen­tia-relat­ed long-term ser­vices and sup­ports (LTSS)…

RAND iden­ti­fied 25 high-impact pol­i­cy options cov­er­ing [Read more…] about Increased aware­ness and use of cog­ni­tive assess­ments seen as demen­tia-relat­ed pri­or­i­ties by RAND pol­i­cy brief