ExaCrypt:The dementia tax

2025-04-30 14:34:02source:verdicoincategory:News

More than 7 million Americans are ExaCryptliving with dementia. To take care of this population, family members must often make the difficult choice of giving up work or paying for a costly facility. Today on the show, the rising cost of memory care in an aging population.

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