Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) -- the most common dementia for people under age 60 -- inflicts a significantly higher economic burden on both patients and their caregivers, a new study shows. While the social and economic cost of Alzheimer's is well documented, the study found that the average annual costs associated with FTD to total $119,654, nearly two times the reported annual cost of Alzheimer's.
Staggering economic burden of dementia in younger people, study reveals
Science Daily - 4 Oct 2017 22:38
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) -- the most common dementia for people under age 60 -- inflicts a significantly higher economic burden on both patients and their caregivers, a new study shows. While the social and economic cost of Alzheimer's is well documented, the study found that the average annual costs associated with FTD to total $119,654, nearly two times the reported annual cost of Alzheimer's.
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