If the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease are a humanitarian and financial "time bomb," as UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
suggests, then perhaps it would be worth a national/international focus on better treatments and cures. No matter what sort of financial arrangements are made, the impact is going to be catastrophic. A cure is cheaper--and, of course, better--than care.
These points, from The Telegraph article, do, indeed, paint a dire picture. But the strategy of helping workers rearrange their work schedules to deal with eldercare issues seems inadequate to the overall challenge.
We should be striving to do to AD what we did to polio: make it go away. That's an argument that is sadly unheard in political circles.
You are right as Ralph Nader was in the '60s regarding seat belts and auto safety!
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Jim, don't stop barking, eventually they will hear you, but unlike Verizon, not now.
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As you may know AD runs in my family. Please keep up your good work.
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