September is World Alzheimer’s Month. World Alzheimer's Month unites opinion leaders, people with dementia, caregivers and family, medical professionals, researchers and the media from all around the world. World Alzheimer's Day is on 21 September each year.
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World Alzheimer Report 2015 (PDF 92 pages)
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World Alzheimer Report 2015 - Summary Sheet (PDF 2 pages)
The World Alzheimer Report 2015, The Global Impact of Dementia: An analysis of prevalence, incidence, cost and trends updates ADI's global dementia data. By carrying out a full update of previous systematic reviews, the report makes key recommendations to provide a global framework for action on dementia.
The report also includes a systematic review of the evidence for and against recent trends in the prevalence and incidence of dementia over time, as well as an analysis of the broader societal impact of dementia.
Almost all current projections of the coming dementia epidemic assume that age- and gender-specific prevalence of dementia will not vary over time, and that population ageing alone drives the projected increases.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. Dementia is a collective name for progressive degenerative brain syndromes which affect memory, thinking, behaviour and emotion. Symptoms may include:
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loss of memory
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difficulty in finding the right words or understanding what people are saying
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difficulty in performing previously routine tasks
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personality and mood changes
Dementia knows no social, economic, ethnic or geographical boundaries. Although each person will experience dementia in their own way, eventually those affected are unable to care for themselves and need help with all aspects of daily life. There is currently no cure for most types of dementia, but treatments, advice, and support are available.
http://www.alz.co.uk/world-alzheimers-month
Извор: WUNRN – 21.09.2015
