[Pontiac]

In a 1995 study performed in East Boston, Massachusetts, all non-institutionalized persons age 65 and older in this community of 32,000 individuals were studied: the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease was 10% of those older than 65 years and 47% among those older than 85 years. Eight percent of people older than 65 and 36% of those older than 85 had cognitive impairment severe enough to limit their ability to live independently.

How Important Is Age as an Alzheimer's Risk Factor? .

[Jamestown1630]

I’m not suggesting that he has ‘Alzheimers’.

Many years ago, I encountered a physician whose sister had been diagnosed with ‘Alzheimers’.

I told him that I was very concerned that every case of apparent senile dementia was being lumped into ‘Alzheimers’ - and he agreed with me.

Biden’s problem is that he’s a lazy man with no original ideas, who takes and follows orders to maintain his comfortable position. He has no interest in being President - he’s just a ‘place holder’ - and happy to oblige.

[neverevergiveup]

With all due respect, the statistics in that study are overstated and are not consistent with current data.

Current data from the Alzheimer’s Association are that “3 percent of people age 65-74, 17 percent of people age 75-84, and 32 percent of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer’s dementia”.

I would bet that data is also overstated. Dementia is NOT an inevitable consequence of aging.

That said, it is a tragic and critically important issue, and hopefully there will be advancements that can prevent and/or treat/reverse the process.