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Public Awareness Night - "Drugs in Dementia":
Drugs in Dementia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Bilingualism may buffer against Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's cases predicted to rise 1000 percent: What's being done to find a cure. Alzheimer's disease..............it's everybody's business! Today 1 in 7 Canadians is 65 years of age or older. In just 25 years, nearly 1 in 4 Canadians will be a senior and it is expected that over 1.1 million Canadians will be affected by Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia. In honour of National Seniors Day October 1st become a champion of change. The United Nations summit on Non Communicable Disease (NCD Summit) has adopted a Declaration that includes Alzheimer's disease as a global health issue. Adding dementia to health planning effort at the country and World Health Organization level is a major leap forward! For more information, see the United Nations website. Taken from the Alzheimer Society of Canada website Today, 181,000 Ontarians have dementia The annual total economic burden (including direct, indirect and opportunity costs) of dementia in Ontario is expected to increase by more than $770 million per year through 2020.
Digging Deeper
Canadians have told doctors they want better value for their health care dollars. August10, 2011, Globe and Mail. French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for global action on Alzheimer's disease at the 2011 Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in Paris. Watch the video. The Power of Music video was commissioned for the Alzheimer Disease International Conference in March 2011. Watch the video.
Learn about Ontario's strategy: 10 steps by 2020 families living with dementia.
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