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Special report | Fading away: Wisconsin's dementia crisis
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An expected doubling of residents with dementia, coupled with a caregiver shortage hitting rural areas especially hard, presents a growing challenge. In a search for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, UW-Madison researchers also study causes. State Journal reporter David Wahlberg details the problem in this special report.
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An aging population and a shortage of caregivers mean Wisconsin faces a dementia crisis, officials and advocates say.
Don Moran has dementia and is cared for by his wife, Mary, at their apartment in Cottage Grove.
Martin Schreiber’s book, “My Two Elaines,” explores the struggles of dementia for those who have it and for their caregivers.
Dementia can be more of a struggle in rural areas, where adult day care, home care, nursing homes and other services can be hard to come by.
Bill Cadotte is a caregiver for his wife, Jacqui, who has dementia, at their home on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation near Hayward.
The service can reduce isolation for people with dementia and help family caregivers run errands, work and restore patience and energy.
The research could help scientists answer key questions, such as: Why have drugs that clear amyloid from the brain failed to stop Alzheimer’s?
Some of the research supporting exercise to ward off dementia comes from the UW-Madison lab of Ozioma Okonkwo, a clinical psychologist.
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“I feel betrayed,” said one resident. “I don’t know what’s going to happen to me, and winter is coming.”
The inaugural recipient of the scholarship, named after a late UW-Madison pharmacy graduate, is a UW pharmacy student from northern Wisconsin.
“I felt helpless,” Amy Brooks said of her unexpected $41,000 medical bill. “I would have possibly had to file for bankruptcy.”
Dr. Laura McDowell, who trained in Baldwin, Monroe, Portage and Waupun, is part of an effort to improve women's health care in rural areas.
The drug is similar to a $56,000-a-year one approved this month that raised hope and stirred controversy.
Family members provide 80% of the care for people with disabilities and older adults, a survey by advocacy groups found.
The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin has faced fundraising and staffing challenges.
Older adults with superior memories for their age are part of a national "super ager" study at UW-Madison.
