NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and to help broaden awareness, MetLife is making available an extensive amount of free resource material, including research and consumer publications on Alzheimer’s and caregiving. The information, produced by MetLife Foundation and the MetLife Mature Market Institute, includes several studies and publications that help shed light on the disease, which affects an estimated 4.5 million Americans, a number that has more than doubled since 1980. One in 10 over the age of 65 have the disease, and Alzheimer’s disease or dementia impacts up to half of those over age 85.
