Or, you can log in or sign up using Forbes. More than 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and a new report by the Alzheimer’s Association shows women are hit especially hard. After age 60, women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than breast cancer over the rest of their lives. At age 65, women have a one in six chance for developing Alzheimer’s, while men have a one in 11 chance, according to Angela Geiger, chief strategy officer of the Alzheimer’s Association. Not only are 3.2 million women living with the disease today, Geiger says, women are also “at the epicenter of caregiving for someone with Alzheimer’s. Of the more than 15 million Americans caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia, 63 percent are women. Almost half of them report increased stress — twice the rate of men who are caregiving for someone with dementia. Studies by the National Alliance for Caregiving show women who care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s have a higher emotional burden and are in their caregiving roles longer than the typical caregiver. While deaths from other chronic diseases are on the decline — heart disease, HIV/AIDS and stroke — Alzheimer’s deaths are on the upswing, increasing 68% from 2000 to 2010. In fact, Alzheimer’s now ranks sixth on the Top 10 leading causes of death in the U.S., and one in three seniors will die with Alzheimer’s disease. Although the cost of Alzheimer’s to the nation is estimated at $214 billion annually, the total expenditure for Alzheimer’s research by the National Institutes of Health is only around $500 million. Other diseases, such as heart disease, cancer and HIV/AIDS, receive billions of dollars in annual funding. Geiger believes great strides have been made in recent years educating and advocating for women when it comes to heart disease and breast cancer. She hopes the new report will put Alzheimer’s on center stage and particularly show how women are challenged with the disease. Maria Shriver and the Alzheimer’s Association first put the spotlight on the plight of working women who were also caring for a loved one with dementia. In 2010, they jointly released The Shriver Report — A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s. It found 46% of working women asked for time off to care for their loved one with dementia but could not get it. The Alzheimer’s report just released found six times as many women than men went from full-time work to part-time work in order to care for a loved one with dementia and twice as many of these working women (vs. working men) gave up their jobs altogether to become full-time caregivers. In addition, and perhaps most alarming, is that twice as many women lost job benefits because of their caregiving role compared with men. This has led many caregivers, especially of those with dementia, to feel stigmatized at work. Navigating the workplace proves to be tricky for caregivers. Some “limit information to supervisors, only disclosing that they may have to miss work or leave early rather than having a thoughtful conversation about their caregiving responsibilities,” explains Zachary White, assistant professor at Queens University of Charlotte (in North Carolina) and creator of the Unprepared Caregiver website. White says not giving supervisors context about missed time can cause ambiguity for both supervisor and the caregiving employee. It’s better to have the conversation, he advises. Move up http://i.forbesimg. Please log in or sign up to comment. Forbes writers have the ability to call out member comments they find particularly interesting. Called-out comments are highlighted across the Forbes network. You'll be notified if your comment is called out. 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