Senior Women Are Epicenter of Alzheimer’s as Most Likely Victims, Care Givers

Senior Women Are Epicenter of Alzheimer’s as Most Likely Victims, Care Givers: March 20, 2014 – Women are the “epicenter of Alzheimer’s disease” according to a new report from the Alzheimer’s Association that finds senior women at age 65 almost twice as likely as senior men to develop the disease. And, women in their 60s are about twice as likely to get AD in older age as they are breast cancer. But, that is not all of the burden for women: they about 2.5 times more likely than men to provide full-time care for AD victims.