It is currently estimated that worldwide approximately 29 million adults suffer from dementia with 4.6 million new cases occurring every year (Ferri et al. 2005). Projections indicate that by the year 2040 this estimate will jump to a staggering 81.1 million adults who suffer from dementia with…
With the aging of the U.S. population and the increasing number of people surviving to develop dementia and corresponding comorbidities such as depression, the co-occurrence of depression and dementia is an issue of major public health concern.
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