<Secrets of birth, old age, illness, and death> Hope for dementia patients, the two faces of ‘Alzheimer’s new drug’

2024-10-16 19:41:05

As Korea has entered a super-aging society, what is the most important task for the increasing number of dementia patients and their families?

In Korea, which has rapidly entered a super-aging society, the number of dementia patients is expected to exceed 1 million this year.

In the meantime, 'dementia' was considered a disease that was embarrassing and did not want to be known to others, so patients cut off relationships with family and acquaintances, isolated themselves, and worsened the disease.

Lee Ki-beom, a public relations ambassador for overcoming dementia who escaped the shock of being a patient with early-stage Alzheimer's disease and proudly threw out the first pitch at a professional baseball game, and 24 dementia patients and their families from the Dementia Care Center in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, believe that dementia is no longer a 'disease they are afraid of and want to hide.'

It is claimed that ‘it is a disease that requires social treatment by getting to know each other and caring for each other.’

 

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