Epilepsy and Seizures in Older Adults
Did you know that epilepsy is more likely to develop in older adults? Seizures can be easy to miss. Learn how to recognize the signs and how you can help.
Epilepsy is brain disorder that causes repeated seizures. About 3 million US adults aged 18 years or older have active epilepsy.1Nearly 1 million of those adults are aged 55 or older.2 As our population ages, there will be even more older people with epilepsy in the coming years.
Epilepsy is more likely to develop in older adults because some risk factors for epilepsy are more common in older adults3:
- Strokes.
- Head injuries due to falls.
- Diseases that affect brain function (such as Alzheimer’s disease).
- Brain tumors.
About half of older adults who are told they have epilepsy do not know the cause.4
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