Why Dementia Is Becoming an Economic Crisis

Dementia isn't just a health issue — it's a fast-growing economic burden that few countries have properly priced. In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the 'cost of care gap': how unpaid family labor masks the true expense of cognitive decline, why national budgets underestimate future dementia spending by billions, and what Japan's compulsory long-term care insurance model reveals about the choices ahead for the US and Europe. With global dementia cases projected to nearly triple by 2050, the hosts drill into the numbers behind care deficits, lost productivity, and the looming fiscal shortfall in elderly support systems. #Dementia #AgingPopulations #LongTermCare #HealthEconomics #CognitiveDecline #JapanCareModel #UnpaidLabor #FiscalShortfall #CareCrisis #ProductivityLoss #ElderlyCare #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Demographics #PublicHealth #Policy #AgingCrisis Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo