The Social Security Administration (SSA) may allow individuals with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia to be included in its Compassionate Allowances Initiative.
If the SSA decides to include Alzheimer’s disease on the list of “Compassionate Allowances,” it would ensure that individuals with younger-onset Alzheimer’s and related dementia “would not have to endure the associated unnecessary, emotionally, and financially draining effects of having to wait an extended period of time for a disability determination,” says an Alzheimer’s Association release. As it is now, individuals who are younger than 65 and unable to work due to Alzheimer’s must apply for Social Security Disability benefits (SSDI), which typically involves a long decision process.
Read the full Alzheimer’s Association press release.
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