The number of people living with dementia is expected to increase from the current 35.6 million to more than 115 million over the next three decades according to the World Health Organization.
Dementia is a brain disease that leads to loss of memory. Although it affects people all over the world, more than half of those living with the disease reside in low and medium income countries.
WHO says a lack of diagnosis, information and understanding about dementia is a major problem. People with dementia are often stigmatized, isolated and often denied health care and social support.
Dr Shekhar Saxena from WHO’s Department of Mental Health, says although dementia mainly affects older people above the age of 60, it is not a normal part of aging.
/// Cue in: "People grow old but not all of them have dementia
Cue out: … to negotiate oneself from one place to another.///
