Posts Tagged ‘World Alzheimer's Day’

Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. To raise aware­ness and funds, asso­ci­a­tions world­wide orga­nize mul­ti­ple activ­i­ties includ­ing impor­tant Mem­o­ry Walks, and a new report helps quan­ti­fy the grow­ing per­son­al and eco­nom­ic bur­den of the dis­ease. Among the report find­ings: Close to 36 mil­lion peo­ple world­wide have demen­tia today Demen­tia care costs around 1 per­cent of the world’s gross…