Dementia

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – The California-based site “Bayview Senior Assisted Living,” in an article suggests 13 ways in which dementia can be handled / reduced.

Concept –

Dementia is a group of symptoms that affect memory and thinking and interfere with daily life.
Alzheimer’s disease is the main and major cause of dementia.
Treatments to reduce the symptoms and progression of dementia can be clinical, or methods such as practising yoga, breathing exercises, brisk walking and listening to tuneful music.
It is an age-related disease, affecting over 55 million people across the world.
The National Health Portal of India says that as per the Census 2011, dementia affects 2.7% of the 65 million Indian Senior Citizens over 65 years of age.

To know more about Dementia, please refer September 2021 DPN.