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Hello and welcome to the excerpt.

I'm Taylor Wilson.

Today is Sunday, November 10, 2024.

Today, there are nearly 7 million people living with Alzheimer's in the U.S., including one in nine in the over 65 age group. By 2050, that number is expected to balloon to 13 million.

What's behind this alarming rise? In recognition of

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, we're asking what families and communities should know

to adapt to the swelling high needs population. Here to help me dig into it, I'm now joined by Dr. Joanne

Pike, CEO of the Alzheimer's Association. Joanne, thanks for joining me today on the excerpt.

Thank you for having me. So let's just start with some of the basics here at the top.

Can you help us understand what Alzheimer's is and how it's really distinct from general dementia?

No, Alzheimer's disease, let's just start off with the fact that it's a progressive, fatal brain disease.

But it's also the most common form of dementia.

And sometimes people have a tendency to use those terms interchangeably, Alzheimer's and dementia.

But the fact is that they are different.

Dementia is an umbrella term.

It's not a specific disease.

And it describes cognitive decline that's severe enough to interfere

with your daily life, whereas Alzheimer's, as I mentioned, is the most common form of dementia,

but there are also other types of disease that fall into the dementia spectrum. Other causes

are things like Louisbody dementia, vascular dementia,

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