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Seniors with Alzheimer’s disease are dying in their homes more than they were nearly two decades ago.
That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on deaths from Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s, a fatal form of dementia, is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, making up 3.6% of all deaths in 2014.
Nearly one quarter (24.9%) of all Alzheimer’s deaths between 1999 and 2014 occurred at home as opposed to in a hospital, senior living community or skilled nursing facility, the report found. By comparison, just 13.9% of all Alzheimer’s deaths occurred at home in 1999.