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The Hoosier Dementia Dilemma: Let’s Just Do SOMETHING!!
Dustin Ziegler
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions February 11, 2019
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The Hoosier Dementia Dilemma: Lets Just Do SOMETHING!! Dustin Ziegler DementiaFriendsIndiana.org CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions February 11, 2019 Pick an Issue; Any Issue.. No cure or disease modifying agent available Over 5
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– Projected to rise 15 to 16 million over coming decades
– Mortality rates of caregiver spouses exceeding those of person with dementia
$1.1 trillion by 2050 – Cost of this condition single handily on track to bankrupt Medicaid
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– This includes Americans of ALL ages; not just older adults
conditions – People with dementia have twice as many hospital stays and much longer average length of stay per year as other older adults
rates of the other 9 diseases have decreased – Alzheimer’s disease 6th leading cause of death; likely higher than that (as high as 3rd)
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age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s by 2025
– Projected to increase 23.4% by 2025
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We DO have ability to manage this unique condition, but it will take calculated efforts that requires actions and fundamental change to our culture.
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Examples of current focus areas to addressing dementia include:
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The Hoosier Dementia Dilemma ISNA Policy Conference The Dementia Friends Indiana movement aims to advance education and awareness of dementia, reduce the stigma associated with the condition, and create community environments that are welcoming and conducive for those living with dementia to experience and navigate.
2 Main Areas of Focus
Online and In-Person Workshops
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Become a Dementia Friend via…….. Online
Info Sessions
churches, etc
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What is Dementia Friendly?
Dementia Friendly: an environment dedicated to dementia understanding and awareness where those living with dementia feel supported and welcomed by their community members and among all community sectors.
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The Caregivers
A dementia friendly model is about the caregiver as much as it is about the person living with the actual disease.
– Twice as many caregivers of those with dementia indicate substantial emotional, financial and physical difficulties – Family caregivers for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias have an increased risk for anxiety, depression, and poor quality of life than family caregivers of any other conditions – 1 in 6 millennials, at an average age of 28, are caring for someone with dementia and report mental, physical, and financial hardships as a result of this role – Spousal caregivers of individuals with dementia aged 66 to 96 have a 63% increase in mortality rates than non-caregivers of those with dementia in the same age range, commonly resulting in the passing of the caregiver before the person in which they are providing care – Isolation and withdraw from communities, and even family and friends, is a common consequence of dementia
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Now that you’re a Dementia Friend, take action!!!
All community sectors and individual citizens can take small and large Dementia Friends
networks
markets, etc
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You Tell Me!!!!!!
We have reached a position where we are gaining the attention of influential government leaders at various levels and departments. If you have an idea or suggestion involving policy or other changes related to the increasing dementia crisis, let me know. Now’s the time!
dziegler@cicoa.org
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Help spread the movement by telling friends and family
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