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Faster Processing of Disability Claims for those with Alzheimer's Disease
September 11, 2022 at 9:26 a.m.
Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease is part of Social Security's Compassionate Allowances program
As a result, people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers must figure out how they’ll pay for care. Social Security benefits and services are vital to people with early-onset Alzheimer’s who are unable to work and have no other source of income.
For more than a decade, Social Security has included early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in the list of Compassionate Allowances program.
You can read more about our Compassionate Allowances program at www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances. To learn more about how Social Security disability insurance works and to apply for benefits, visit our disability page at www.ssa.gov/disability. Please share these resources with friends and family.
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