Early-onset Alzheimer's disease is on the Social Security Administration's Compassionate Allowances list, which fast-tracks decisions in weeks rather than months.
Approval also starts a countdown to Medicare eligibility before 65.
Why it matters
For a family where the person with dementia was still earning, this is the most urgent form to file.
Sources
Where to check this, and where to read more. All external and all authoritative.
- Social Security Administration, Compassionate Allowances
- Social Security Administration, disability benefits
Social Security Disability where you live
The local guide on this, for each city we cover.
- Baltimore, MD
- Boston, MA
- Buffalo, NY
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee, WI
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Tucson, AZ