1. DEMENTIA IS A SYNDROME USUALLY OF A CHRONIC OR PROGRESSIVE NATURE IN WHICH THERE IS DETERIORATION IN COGNITIVE FUNCTION (I.E THE ABILITY T0 PROCESS THOUGHT) BEYOND WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED FROM THE USUAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOLOGICAL AGEING. CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT AFFECTED.
2. CURRENTLY MORE THAN 55MILLION PEOPLE LIVE WITH DEMENTIA WORLDWIDE, WITH OVER 60% LIVING IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES. AND THERE ARE NEARLY 10MILLION CASES EVERY YEAR.
3. DEMENTIA IS CURRENTLY THE SEVENTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG ALL DISEASES AND ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF DISABILITY AND DEPENDENCY AMONG OLDER PEOPLE GLOBALLY.
4. ALTHOUGH DEMENTIA MAINLY AFFECTS OLDER PEOPLE, IT IS NOT AN INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF AGEING.
5. DEMENTIA HAS PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS, NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES, AND SOCIETY AT LARGE
6, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO TREATMENT AVAILABLE TO CURE DEMENTIA.