[est31]

Alzheimers patients need 24/7 care. This isn't something that small families with 3-4 siblings can do by reasonable means next to having a job, raising the next generation, and living in the neighbouring town or even further than that. In the old days, poor people just died young because of exhaustion and rich people well they have the means for proper care per definition.

[simplecomplex]

In the event of Alzheimer’s, who do you think makes the decisions? Communicates with the nurses? Checks on them? Family.

Not sure what your point about poor people is...

[magduf]

It's looking like Alzheimer's will be a solved problem before too long, with all the current research on it.

[est31]

There is indeed a lot of research on Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. But I'm a bit more sceptical than you. We still don't know exactly what's happening in Alzheimer patients. We might even split up the disease into multiple sub-diseases as it happened with cancer. However, you are right, a lot of stuff can happen before people who are young today (20s and younger) get old.