(HealthDay)—Many U.S. primary care doctors worry they aren’t ready to care for the growing ranks of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease, a new report suggests.
In a Alzheimer’s Association survey, half of primary care doctors said the U.S. medical profession is unprepared for the coming surge in Alzheimer’s cases.
Right now, it’s estimated that more than 5 million Americans age 65 and older have the disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. That figure is expected to almost triple by 2050.
And the doctors who are worried about the future have good reason, according to Dr. Sharon Brangman, inaugural chair of geriatrics at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
In fact, she said, the…
