by Lydia Chan (Guest Author) | Alzheimer's Caregiver | Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 5.5 million people in the United States; 5.3 million are 65 and older while 200,000 are younger adults dealing with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Two-thirds — 3.3 million — of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women. This degenerative brain disorder is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States, with death rates increasing by 89 percent since the year 2000. When