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Be responsible for
the care of a family
Be diagnosed with member or loved one
and have with Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease disease
Row % Row %
National Adults 50% 50%
Gender Men 49% 51%
Women 50% 50%
Age Under 45 46% 54%
45 or older 54% 46%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 46% 54%
Gen X (31-46) 46% 54%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 55% 45%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 54% 46%
Race White 47% 53%
Non-white 54% 46%
Region Northeast 52% 48%
Midwest 44% 56%
South 51% 49%
West 52% 48%
Household Income Less than $50,000 50% 50%
$50,000 or more 49% 51%
Employment Status Employed 47% 53%
Not employed 53% 47%
Interview Type Landline 49% 51%
Cell Phone 51% 49%
Preparedness to care for Prepared to care 56% 44%
someone with Not prepared to care 46% 54%
Alzheimer's
Involvement of care for Involved in care 57% 43%
someone with Not involved in care 48% 52%
Alzheimer's
Experience with Knows someone 52% 48%
Alzheimer's Does not know someone 46% 54%
Home Instead/Marist Poll National Adults. Interviews conducted September 26th through October 2nd, 2012, N=1247 MOE +/- 2.8%. Totals may
not add to 100% due to rounding.
If you were to find out that you have
Alzheimer's disease:
Would you be more
afraid of not being
able to care for Would you be more
yourself and afraid of losing the
becoming a burden memories of your
to others life and loved ones
Row % Row %
National Adults 68% 32%
Gender Men 68% 32%
Women 68% 32%
Age Under 45 61% 39%
45 or older 75% 25%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 52% 48%
Gen X (31-46) 69% 31%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 74% 26%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 79% 21%
Race White 72% 28%
Non-white 61% 39%
Region Northeast 77% 23%
Midwest 71% 29%
South 65% 35%
West 63% 37%
Household Income Less than $50,000 64% 36%
$50,000 or more 71% 29%
Employment Status Employed 67% 33%
Not employed 68% 32%
Interview Type Landline 71% 29%
Cell Phone 62% 38%
Preparedness to care for Prepared to care 71% 29%
someone with Not prepared to care 66% 34%
Alzheimer's
Involvement of care for Involved in care 73% 27%
someone with Not involved in care 69% 31%
Alzheimer's
Experience with Knows someone 71% 29%
Alzheimer's Does not know someone 64% 36%
Home Instead/Marist Poll National Adults. Interviews conducted September 26th through
October 2nd, 2012, N=1247 MOE +/- 2.8%. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
If you had to care for a friend or family member with Alzheimer's Disease, do you feel
very prepared, prepared, not very prepared or not prepared at all to do that?