Alzheimer’s Disease versus Dementia: Dementia is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease.

Dementia is a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental process caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.

After age 85, the risk of having Alzheimer’s disease reaches nearly 50 percent.

Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior.

Alzheimer's can strike people in their 50s, 40s and even 30s. This is called younger-onset Alzheimer's.

There is no single test that can show whether a person has Alzheimer's.

Based on mortality data from 2000-2008, death rates have declined for most major diseases while deaths from Alzheimer’s disease have risen 66 percent during the same period.

70% of people with Alzheimer’s disease live at home.

As many as 16 million Americans will have Alzheimer’s in 2050.

Someone develops Alzheimer’s disease every 69 seconds.

Over 60% of people with Alzheimer’s disease will wander or become lost.

Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the country and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed.

1 in 10 people over age 65 and nearly half over age 85 have Alzheimer’s disease.

Currently, 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer‘s disease.