As Yahoo News reports from 2010 to 2050 the costs of Alzheimer's is expected to increase 6 times going from $172 Billion annually to $1.08 Trillion annually.
It is projected instead of 5.1 million with the disease there will be 13.5 million.
Driving the soaring costs will be that a projected 48% are projected to be in the severe attention category which will mean attention around the clock.
On a related note relevant to the Probate Attorney Blog this will also likely result in a lot more case of Probate Litigation and Estate Litigation as there will be more people with lack of testamentary capacity or with diminished capacity and subject to undue influence there will be more situations in which it would be appropriate to hire a will contest attorney or estate dispute lawyer to protect a beneficiaries right to an inheritance and see that the wishes of the deceased are truly carried out. Also with trillions of dollars passing on through the baby boom generation to their children and grandchildren it is likely to expect more disputes and contests in probate court to occur.