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Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium Staff |
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Project Coordinator
Jim Hinds, MPA, is Project Coordinator for the Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium (TARCC). He is Past Chairman of the Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, which oversees the TARCC, and Past Board Chair of the Capital of Texas Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Scientific Manager
Robert Barber, Ph.D., is Scientific Manager for the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium. He is Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and an adjunct faculty member in the Surgery Department at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
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Alzheimer's Facts
| Long-term nursing home care is costly and can easily drain one’s finances in a short period of time. In 2011, the average cost for a private room in a nursing home was $248 per day, or $90,520 per year. The average cost of a semi-private room in a nursing home was $222 per day, or $81,030 per year. Approximately 80 percent of nursing homes that provide care for people with Alzheimer’s disease charge the same rate regardless of whether or not the individual has Alzheimer’s. |
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