China’s growing economy has proven to be beneficial to many across the country. Some of these benefits include higher living standards, better health and nutrition, and longer life expectancy. Unfortunately, China’s longer-lived population has resulted in a significant increase in the number of people having to care for seniors with various mental dysfunctions, most notably dementia and, in particular, Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative type of dementia that is most prominent in elderly people. The disease is a disorder that involves the death of brain cells leading to various cases of memory loss and cognitive decline. The disease starts mildly but eventually progresses to the point that patients affected often cannot recognize familiar surroundings and eventually lose almost all of their short term memory capabilities.
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