Dementia is a brain disease that causes a long term and often slow decrease in your memory and cognitive thinking ability. Dementia includes the progressive loss of mental health and ultimately physical functions in a person, which results from the ongoing and irreversible death of brain cells. It is one of the health conditions that is increasing at a staggering rate. According to World Alzheimer’s Report (2015), India stands among the top 3 countries in the world with individuals suffering from Dementia housing nearly 4.1 million people out of the 47 million people living with dementia globally.
Dementia is a brain disease that causes a long term and often slow decrease in your memory and cognitive thinking ability. Dementia includes the progressive loss of mental health and ultimately physical functions in a person, which results from the ongoing and irreversible death of brain cells. It is one of the health conditions that is increasing at a staggering rate. According to World Alzheimer’s Report (2015), India stands among the top 3 countries in the world with individuals suffering from Dementia housing nearly 4.1 million people out of the 47 million people living with dementia globally.
With India’s aging population rising at a staggering rate, it becomes very important to make sure that there is an availability of adequate facilities to help the senior’s age with dignity. With a lower number of professional care facilities in India, most people are living with home-based dementia care in India. Most care is performed at home without any proper knowledge or support. Also, with very few professionals trained specifically in this specialty, it becomes difficult to take care of all the needs of the old age people.
India has slowly started recognizing the fact that the incidence of dementia is large and growing and it requires special care and attention. Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) is one of the biggest organizations developed with an aim to provide support, knowledge and resources in developing memory clinics, respite care, training programs, etc. Other endeavors include: