Alzheimers as a leading cause of death

This factoid from the Alzheimer's Association:

" The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics today reported that Alzheimer's disease has surpassed diabetes as a leading cause of death. Alzheimer's is now the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States."

What do we know about keeping our brains healthy: well, many things, actually, but a couple basics.

1. Exercise
2. Social interaction

Personally, I am optimistic that within ten years there will be huge advances in our treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. The impact of this treatment will be enormous. The major one is that it means that many, many older people will have more choice about where they live the last years of their lives. It also means that there will be considerably less spending on older people than is currently projected, because of decreased needs for caregivers, care facilites.

And unfortunately for yours truly, less need for people like me and companies like Diamond Geriatrics.

Oh well. I always wanted to be in theatre anyway.