About 5.8 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer's disease. Of those about two-thirds are women, and that number is growing. According to a new report from the AARP-founded Global Council on Brain Health, by 2050, the number of Americans living with Alzheimer's is expected to reach 13.8 million. More than 9 million Alzheimer’s patients will be women.

In this edition of the AARP Texas Prepare to Care podcast, Ann Marie McDonald, the program officer at the Alzheimer’s Association, joins host Charlene Hunter James. She talks about the trends that are fueling the gender discrepancy, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, and much more.