{"id":17154,"date":"2020-11-13T10:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17154"},"modified":"2020-11-13T10:04:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:04:32","slug":"what-parts-of-medicare-cover-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17154","title":{"rendered":"What parts of Medicare cover Alzheimer\u2019s disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States, Alzheimer\u2019s disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting an estimated five million adults ages 65 and older.\u00a0 Most of these people are enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage which covers most, if not all, inpatient and outpatient services related to Alzheimer\u2019s care. The attached article discusses what Medicare covers for treating Alzheimer\u2019s disease, including specific services, mediations, and other interventions. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/medicare\/medicare-and-alzheimers#parts-of-medicare\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States, Alzheimer\u2019s disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting an estimated five million adults ages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,6,9,46,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17155,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17154\/revisions\/17155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}