Scaling Comprehensive Dementia Care

Despite scientific progress over the last 25 years, dementia remains one of the toughest health‐care challenges. Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth‐leading cause of death in the United States, and the number of deaths from all related dementias may be twice as high.[i] Years of investment and research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are sowing seeds of hope. New treatments aim to slow cognitive decline and manage symptoms. However, because of the complexity of dementia, people living with dementia will likely need a combination of therapeutic treatments, coordinated care, and supportive services to help them live their lives to the fullest post‐diagnosis.