The Growing Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Workforce: A Solution for the Aging Population Living with Dementia
Currently, more than 5.7 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (referred to as persons living with dementia [PLWD]), and this number is expected to double by 2030 and triple by 2050.1,2 Almost two-thirds of PLWD live in the community and receive health and disease management in primary care practices.3 Primary care is also the first place where community-dwelling PLWD and their families raise initial concerns about cognition, attention, and behavioral issues and where the majority are diagnosed with cognitive impairment.
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Lusine Poghosyan, Jessica M. Brooks, Vaneh Hovsepian, Madeline Pollifrone, Amelia E. Schlak, Tatiana Sadak Source Type: research
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