Families urge action as US drafts Alzheimer's plan
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dementia is poised to skyrocket as the baby boomers age - and it's a budget-busting disease for Medicare, Medicaid and families. Now the Obama administration is developing the first National Alzheimer's Plan, to combine research aimed at fighting the mind-destroying disease with some of the help that caregivers need to stay afloat....