Americans Are in Denial About Elder Care
Many assume that if they can afford paid help in older age, they won’t need to rely on kin. They’re wrong.
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Solo Aging Accelerates: More than one in 10 ordinary households in Korea last year consisted of a person aged 65 or older living alone.
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Missing Link Between Risk Genes Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease Discovered
Scientists have discovered a connection between two types of Alzheimer's disease, shedding light on how the most common form of the disease is linked to a rarer form. The discovery could help researchers develop new treatments for Alzheimer's, which affects millions of people worldwide.
#genetics
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Aged care residents and babies are forging special bonds through playgroups in Australia.
#elderly#loneliness#intergenerational https://t.co/UlxtSHiX4W
More than 55 million people globally are living with #dementia, & that number continues to grow, according to a new UN health agency @WHO report, which notes that only 1/4 of the 🌐’s countries have national policies, strategies or support plans in place: https://t.co/62DkNiCKeQ
“The world is failing people with #dementia, and that hurts all of us”
With only 1/4 of the world’s countries having national policies, strategies or support plans, @WHO chief @DrTedros highlights the issues raised by the new UN health agency report.
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‘Dementia hits women hardest – study’ https://t.co/otgEXLCRsB on ‘Women & dementia: A marginalised majority’ report 2015 by @AlzResearchUK
We urge policymakers to include women in your national dementia plans.
@DementiaAllianc@AlzDisInt@WHO@UN_Women @UNAGEING @wef@CEOi_Alz
CEO & co-founder of @DementiaAllianc, @KateSwaffer, is now speaking about reframing #dementia as a disability: "Now that dementia is being described in UN documents as a disability, we are in no doubt that the rights of people with dementia are protected under the CRPD."