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Compiled By: Mary Helen Miller

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Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's (series) (Series)

Produced by 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station

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Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's - Part 5

From 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station | Part of the Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's (series) series | 06:48

1114_alzheimers-care-planning2-130x116_small In the final part of our five-part series: Alzheimer's disease is already taking a financial toll on millions of American families; they provide care at home for most Alzheimer's sufferers.  With experts predicting a "tsunami" of Alzheimer's cases in the next few decades as the population ages, how will families cope?  And how are elder services providers - and the rest of the health care system, preparing?