The number of people suffering from dementia is likely to increase more than three times Down Under in the next 40 years unless more is done to combat the disease, warns an expert.
An expert has forecasted that Australia faces an increased risk of dementia- it might even treble in 40 years- if the country doesn’t do more to fight the mental condition.
According to Dr Alistair Burns, professor of old age psychiatry at the University of Manchester, the number of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia is likely to go up to 750,000 a year by 2050.
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There are over 24 million people with dementia and its incidence is on the rise. Prevention through lifestyle changes is the sensible way to a dementia-free life.
There are over 24 million people with dementia and its incidence is on the rise. Prevention through lifestyle changes is the sensible way to a dementia-free life.
"In 2002, it cost 6.6 billion dollars (in health care), which I guess would be a lot bigger now," News.com.au quoted him, as saying.
"A million people are involved in caring for a family member (with dementia) and there are 1000 new diagnoses a week," he added.
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"Try to imagine what society is going to be like in that 20 years time that we all talk about ... when there are going to be three times the people thinking about dementia," she said.
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"It's an epidemic and it's coming at us like a tsunami."
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