'It's sad, but most people can't even tell you what the word dementia means,' Dr. John W. DenBoer told 'Newsweek.'
Since 2000, deaths caused by dementia have more than doubled: making it making it one of the world's biggest killers. Some 50 million people currently live with the disease, a figure expected to hit 152 million by 2050. There is currently no treatment to cure or slow the condition, of which Alzheimer’s is the most common form.
It's important for us not to live in fear or worry. Instead, we should use that emotion to educate and empower ourselves and, most importantly, to take action against this disease via early identification and intervention. Worry can be useful, but we must use it. Treating dementia involves approaching it as a progressive disease that begins with mild cognitive impairment, the clinical precursor to dementia. It's at this point we need to intervene.
From a lifestyle perspective, a combination of aerobic and cognitive exercise is really beneficial. Cognitive exercise should incorporate new and novel learning, i.e., doing things you have never done before. Diet is also important: heart health=brain health. Silver Sneakers is a great resource as well.
Apart from this, we need to have open and honest conversations about dementia. It's not a mental illness—it's a disease. I think just saying dementia reduces the power and stigma of the word.
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