Summary: A total of 2/3 of the women in the UK have been diagnosed with dementia. This is a steadily growing diagnosis, with fewer than 670,000 men and women being formally diagnosed. This is a problem because more and more women are unable to work or do things for themselves anymore. There is no treatment for this disease, but there are medications, memory clinics, and activities such as singing and excerising can help people remain independant longer. There are also those who have been wrongully diagnosed, which can throw off the rate of diagnosis. They count the rate of diagnosis by the amount of formal diagnosis. When people are wrongly dianosed it causes a change in attitude and the way people live their lives.
Analysis: This disease encompasses the mind and effects not only the memory but also the daily activities. What people are used to doing then gets forgotten and at times it can be scary. So anything that can be done to keep the independence, memory, and overall attittude of the person needs to be done. It does not have a cure and can be very scary for the surrounding family to see a loved one go through this. The increase mas mainly been in women and that is surreal for the children and spouses of these women. It is a chronic disease that eases it's way into it's human host. The slow onset can goive the person affected time to deal with what will happen to them. The funding for research of this disease is underfunded and needs to be given the chance for proper research. The effect of the lack of research will be in the lives of those with dementia. For some the disease is fairly mild and don't necessarily undergo major changes but for others it is life changing. I sincerely hope that there is more money put towards the research of this disease in the future.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26841774
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