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Published on Wednesday, October 01, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
As more baby boomers retire, the number of Angelenos who have Alzheimer's disease and slide into dementia is expected to double in the next two decades, according to two studies released Wednesday.
By 2030, more than 300,000 Los Angeles County residents are expected to have the incurable memory-loss disease, placing a heavy burden on families and health-care services.
Meanwhile, the numbers of Asians, Pacific Islanders and Latinos with the disease in the county are expected to triple because of their faster population growth.
"We found that the number of people with Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles County is increasing quite rapidly," said the county health director, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, at a news conference in Boyle Heights.
"We also found there are literally hundreds of thousands of family members who are affected by this, who are having to provide care for those who have this serious problem
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