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Editorial
. 2024 Oct;36(9):507-509.
doi: 10.1177/08982643241265789. Epub 2024 Jul 22.

Introduction to the Costs of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Noah J Webster  1 , Laura B Zahodne  1   2 , Kristine J Ajrouch  1   3 , Toni C Antonucci  1   2
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Introduction to the Costs of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Noah J Webster et al. J Aging Health. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

This special issue is the result of the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease (MCCFAD) third Summer Data Immersion (SDI) program held on May 23-26, 2022. Thirty-seven researchers from 17 universities participated in the program, which emphasized racial/ethnic and other contextual factors in the study of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) costs using a team science approach. During the program, data from the Health and Retirement Study were used to investigate multiple topics related to both financial and non-financial costs of ADRD including: (1) life course socioeconomic factors, (2) costs of preclinical ADRD, (3) COVID-19, (4) family members' employment outcomes, (5) geographic contexts, (6) monetary value of unpaid ADRD care, and (7) spousal relations for couples living with ADRD.

Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; caregiving; contextual factors; costs; dementia; health care; race and ethnicity.

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