One third of people born this year will develop dementia

Its report found that 70% of dementia PhD students leave the research area within four years, while five times more people are doing a PhD in cancer than dementia.

To learn more about the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Cincinnati Chapter, or to make a donation to the cause, visit the website at: www.alz.org/cininnati, or call 800-272-3900 24/7 Helpline.

Merrimack resident Summer MacPherson will participate in the Central New Hampshire Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, September 26, at Arms Park in Manchester.

The charity is sharing its expertise in supporting people living with dementia by offering a practical tool to help improve the wider charity sector’s fundraising contacts with vulnerable people.

It is caused by diseases, most commonly Alzheimer’s, which result in the loss of brain cells, impairing mental function.

With no cure yet in sight and the factors contributing to the disease unknown, nor reasons for its progression clearly understood, the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease affected person is not easy.

The group says their mission is to raise awareness and promote brain health.

Nearly 3,000 people hit the streets to raise funds to support research and services for people living with dementia.

Doctors state that Alzheimer’s may contribute to 60-70 per cent of cases in the coming years.

“We go around and talk to as many people as we possibly can”.

The principal goals for dementia care are early diagnosis, optimizing physical health, identifying and treating accompanying physical illness, detecting and treating behavioral and psychological symptoms and providing information and long-term support to caregivers.

The estimated 36 million young people aged between 15 and 24 who now live in Pakistan are the most that have ever lived at any other time in its history, and they will be at a risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by the year 2050.

“Lincoln is standing up and saying we need to be heard”.

Analysis by Alzheimer’s Research United Kingdom shows 37 per cent of women and 27 per cent of men born in 2015 will develop it at some point in their lives.

Kollstedt has a personal connection to Alzheimer’s, one year ago; she lost her husband who passed away the disease.