WVXU: Alzheimer's and dementia related deaths during the pandemic
UC expert discusses topic during Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in June
The pandemic and COVID-19 had a disproportionate and deadlier impact on seniors, but now, experts are seeing it had another devastating impact: more deaths from Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were at least 42,000 more deaths from Alzheimer’s and other dementias in 2020 compared with the average of the five years prior.
Rhonna Shatz, DO, associate professor in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitative Medicine at the UC College of Medicine and medical director of UC Health’s Memory Disorders Center at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute, was interviewed on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition about this topic.
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