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Volume 08 Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism Alzheimer's Congress 2018
May 30-31, 2018
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May 30-31, 2018 Osaka, Japan
10th World Congress on
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
Implementation of dementia management system in Korea
Dementia is a chronic, disabling illness which is most feared by elderly people. Dementia causes heavy caregiver burden
on the family. Dementia also imposes much burden on the society, making it as one of the major public health problem
in many countries. Actually, OECD recommended posing a priority to dementia management as a public health task. As
the Korean population is rapidly aging, there is a rapid increase of people with dementia in Korea. In Korea, the people with
dementia double every 15 years and the economic burden of care for dementia doubles every 10 years. To cope with this rapidly
increasing burden of dementia, Korean government has launched “Plan for National Responsibility for Dementia”. The plan is
composed of distributing dementia reassuring center nationwide, setting up dementia reassuring hospital and decreasing the
burden of paid money for medical treatment and long-term care for dementia. The major hurdles in implementing the plan
and the strategies to overcome such hurdles are suggested.
Biography
Dong-Woo Lee has completed his MD from Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. He is presently working as a Professor in Department of Psychiatry, Inje
University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He is also the Director of Nowon Dementia Support Center.
Dong-Woo Lee
Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Republic of Korea
Dong-Woo Lee, J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C4-044