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World Alzheimer’s Day: can we reduce dementia risk?

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Older woman with Alzheimer's in a chair

Image courtesy of Flickr user Vince Alongi using a Creative Commons license

By Steven McGinty

On the 21st September, Alzheimer’s organisations across the world will be carrying out events to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and dementia. The event, a key part of World Alzheimer’s Month, was launched by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) in 1994, with the aim of highlighting the tremendous work carried out by Alzheimer’s organisations.

Each year, a new theme is selected for World Alzheimer’s Month, and this year the focus will be on how we can reduce the risks of developing Alzheimer’s and dementia. In support of this event, I’ve decided to look at some of the statistics on dementia, as well as review the latest evidence on reducing the risks.

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Dementia – the new normal?

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by Alan Gillies

A report published last week by dementia care specialists Red & Yellow Care, in association with the Alzheimer’s Society, argues that the stigma attached to dementia is getting in the way of people with the condition living their lives, as they are “deflated by the ‘nothing can be done’ attitudes of hopelessness that pervade not just public, but some professional attitudes”. Continue reading →