NPR (blog) | Alzheimer's Hits Women Hardest, Report Finds NBCNews.com The report finds that 20 percent of women cut their working hours from full-time to part-time while caring for someone with Alzheimer's, while just 3 percent of men did. Federal survey data show that 65 percent of caregivers for patients with dementia ... Alzheimer's Diagnosis Expanding To Catch Early Warning Signs Alzheimer's takes heavy toll on women |