title: Disability in Alzheimer's disease: causes, consequences, and economic considerations.
abstract: This literature review broadly examines disability in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The paper addresses the various types of disability in AD, as well as the presumed causes and the economic and social costs of such disability. The influence of various types of treatment of disability, particularly pharmacological is addressed, as are directions for future research.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Demakis
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D014481:United States