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1
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How many new diagnoses of dementia are made each year?

A

Nearly 10 million

2
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How many seconds between each new dementia diagnosis being made?

A

3 seconds

3
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How many people have diagnosed dementia worldwide?

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50 million

4
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How is the number of people with dementia set to change before 2050?

A

Triple

5
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Where geographically will the majority of people who develop dementia be located?

A

Middle and lower income countries

6
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What will be the cost of dementia in USD in 2030?

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$ 2 trillion

7
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What was the cost of dementia in USD in 2015?

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$818 billion

8
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If the cost of global dementia was a country where would its economy rank?

A

18th highest

Exceed market values of apple and google

9
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Who discover alzheimer’s disease?

A

Alois Alzheimer

10
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When was the diagnosis of alzheimer’s disease first made?

A

1906
Patient was called Auguste D who was a female patient first seen by DR Alzheimer in 1901 in her early 50s. She had memory impairment, hallucinations and executive dysfunction

11
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What causes dementia?

A

Unknown

Many risk factors

12
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What are some ways of improving public and professional attitudes and understanding of dementia?

A

National dementia strategy
Health promotion
Education
Changing the word, eg. in china the word used to mean stupidity but now means cognitive disorder

13
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What causes inactivity in seeking and offering help?

A
Stigma of dementia prevents discussion
False belief: nothing can be done or dementia is a normal part of ageing. 
Onset insidious
Lack of insight
No simple test
Public and professional misconceptions
Role uncertainty
Impaired help seeking or help offering
14
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Describe the goal of dementia diagnosis?

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70-80% of people with dementia receive accurate assessment and diagnosis
When they do it is - early in the illness, early enough to enable them choice, in time to prevent harm, in time to prevent crises

15
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Where are we in diagnostics?

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Accurate diagnosis by careful clinical assessment with multi-disciplinary synthesis of history, examination and investigation

Tests to help make decisions about diagnosis and sub-diagnosis

16
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How do you communicate the diagnosis well?

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Prepare before giving the diagnosis
Deliver the diagnosis in a sensitive way to both patient and carer
Time to discuss for the patient and carer and for them to ask questions

17
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List some risk factors of dementia

A
Hypertension
Obesity
Smoking
Physical inactivity
Social isolation
Diabetes
18
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Describe some brain health promotions

A

Integrate with other strategies eg. Tobacco control, salt, physical activity, alcohol, CVRF management
It is never too early (hypertension) and never too late (smokin and alcohol)

19
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What is next in terms of improving quality of care of people with dementia?

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Improved community personal support services

Improving care for carers of people with dementia

Improved quality of care for dementia in general hospitals

Improved intermediate care for people with dementia

Housing support, related services and telecare

Living well with dementia in care homes

Improved end of life care for people with dementia