![]() Physical exercise, social connections, a healthy diet and keeping mentally active all play a role. While we don't have a definitive answer to preventing Alzheimer's, research has shown that people can take action to reduce the risk of developing it by leading a healthy lifestyle. Evidence suggests these differences arise because female caregivers tend to spend more time caregiving, to take on more caregiving tasks, and to care for someone with greater cognitive, functional and/or behavior problems. Women caregivers may experience higher levels of depression and impaired health than their male counterparts. Nearly 19% of women Alzheimer's caregivers had to quit work either to become a caregiver or because their caregiving duties became too burdensome. Because of caregiving duties, women are likely to experience adverse consequences in the workplace. ![]() ![]() In fact, there are 2.5 times more women than men who live with the person with dementia full-time. ![]()
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