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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
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?