Dementia is more prevalent at older ages. About 3% of adults ages 70 to 74 had dementia in 2019, compared with 22% of adults ages 85 to 89 and 33% of adults ages 90 and older. Women are slightly more likely to have dementia than men. Among adults ages 70 and older,...
One estimate suggests that more than four times as many people with dementia live in traditional community settings than in nursing homes and residential care (such as assisted living or personal care homes). However, more than half of nursing home residents have...
Older adults with dementia represent only about 10% of people ages 65 and older living in residential care and traditional community settings, yet they receive a disproportionate share of all unpaid care hours (41%), and their informal caregivers make up one-third of...
The recent decline in the share of older adults with dementia in the United States is good news for families and health care providers. However, researchers question whether dementia prevalence can continue to decline in tandem with higher rates of obesity and...
Michal Engelman, Won-tak Joo, Jason Fletcher, and Barry Burden of the Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) find poor health threatens voting in older age, while offset by wealth. Poor health — not aging itself — decreases older Americans’ likelihood of...