Story perspectives

Early Dementia Cuts Workers' Earnings €86K Over 15 Years

7/14/2026

Summary

Story summary

Professor Eino Solje published a July 8, 2026 study showing early-onset dementia patients lose productivity 15 years before diagnosis.
The analysis matched 793 patients (average age 59.6) with 7,926 controls using tax and employment records.
Average cumulative loss per patient was €74,577 (?$86,000), about €12,000 ($13,800) annually.
Alzheimer’s patients declined from six years before diagnosis, frontotemporal dementia from 11 years, alpha-synucleinopathies only at diagnosis; researchers reported association, not causation, and funding from Roche Oy.

1 of 1

Story summary

Professor Eino Solje published a July 8, 2026 study showing early-onset dementia patients lose productivity 15 years before diagnosis.
The analysis matched 793 patients (average age 59.6) with 7,926 controls using tax and employment records.
Average cumulative loss per patient was €74,577 (?$86,000), about €12,000 ($13,800) annually.
Alzheimer’s patients declined from six years before diagnosis, frontotemporal dementia from 11 years, alpha-synucleinopathies only at diagnosis; researchers reported association, not causation, and funding from Roche Oy.