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The cost of caring for Californians with Alzheimer's disease will almost double over the next 20 years, from $50 billion to $98.8 billion, a report released by the Alzheimer's Association says. According to figures from the University of California, San Francisco Institute for Health and Aging, the number of California residents with the disease will nearly double to 1.1 million as the baby boom generation ages and people live longer, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Bob DeMarco is the editor of the Alzheimer's Reading Room and an Alzheimer's caregiver. Bob has written more than 1,810 articles with more than 89,500 links on the Internet. Bob resides in Delray Beach, FL.
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