Study Finds Most Americans Unfamiliar With Signs Of Early Alzheimer's

The report also talked about the cost of waiting too long for a diagnosis, projecting it will nationally cost $321 billion to care for people.

Mild cognitive impairment can seem pretty subtle, and a lot of people think it just goes away and is part of aging. It's different. This big takeaway from the Alzheimer's Association here is giving people the signs to look for. Whether that is caregivers, the individual themselves, and their families.

A new Alzheimer's Association report shows roughly 1 in 7 adults over 60 have mild cognitive impairment, a sign that could be an early detection of dementia.  

"Each year studies suggests about 10 to 15% of those who have MCI will develop dementia. So those those are concerning statistics," said Morgan Daven, Vice president for Health Systems, Alzheimer's Association.