Aging workforce means dementia on the job could rise

This CNN Health artical provides helpful and useful information on our aging workforce and the possible increase of dementia in the workplace.  This artical reports given the aging population and the weak economy — which is prompting older people who do have jobs to stay in them — the problem will likely only get worse. More than 5 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease, and this number will quadruple by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

To read this artical in full please go to http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/12/health.dementia.rise.job/index.html

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