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to taxpayers
including $231 billion in Medicare and Medicaid payments
in total annual payments for health care, long-term care and hospice care
Average per-person Medicare costs related to Alzheimer's and other dementias are over three times higher than average per-person payments for seniors without these conditions
($21,024 vs. $7,576)
Average per-person Medicaid costs for Alzheimer's and other dementias are 22 times higher than average per-person payments for seniors without these conditions
($6,771 vs. $305)
The total lifetime cost of care for a person living with dementia is estimated at almost $400,000. Seventy percent of these costs are borne by family caregivers in the forms of unpaid caregiving and out-of-pocket expenses.
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