Early Dementia Or Alzheimer’s May Be Underlying Cause For Start Of Fiscal Troubles In Seniors, Researchers Say

HealthDay (10/29, Hirsch) reports, “Unpaid bills, overdrawn accounts, dwindling investments: When seniors begin experiencing fiscal troubles, early dementia or Alzheimer’s disease could be an underlying cause,” researchers concluded after linking “Medicare fee-for-service claims data and the national Health and Retirement Study of Americans over the age of 50 for the years 1992 to 2014.” The findings were published online in the journal Health Economics.

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— “For Seniors, Financial Woes Can Be Forerunner to Alzheimer’s, “Deborah DiSesa Hirsch, HealthDay, October 29, 2019

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