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Volume 8
Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
ISSN: 2161-0460
Euro Dementia 2018
May 24-25, 2018
May 24-25, 2018 | Vienna, Austria
11
th
International Conference on
Alzheimers Disease & Dementia
Dementia! A new approach to a difficult condition
Purnima Sreenivasan
Health Aim Inc, USA
D
ementia is a leading topic not just for researchers but also for families and caregivers involved in the care of patients
suffering from them. It is not a sign or symptom of “Healthy Aging”, but a loss of memory as a function of the brain.
Dementia is not Alzheimer’s and vice versa. Despite the advances in dementia, the research and the medications available to
slow the progress of dementia, the understanding goes far and beyond the common man. To some it is a dreadful thing to
happen in later age and to some it is a burden for the rest of the patient’s life, while to others it is sense of disconnection to the
society or community and family. What have we learned about dementia? What have we unlearned about dementia? What have
we not thought or even considered in dementia research? What have we missed in our focus on dementia? Pharmaceuticals,
nutraceuticals, nutrition, physical activity, mental activity and more have been considered. We still cannot figure why some
suffer from dementia and some do not. In my own career of more than 15 years caring for persons and their caregivers in the
world of dementia, I have learned a few salient points. One size does not fit all and nor should it? Don’t you agree? If so, come
join me in unmasking dementia as a health care futurist, dementia and aging life care specialist/consultant and healthtech
entrepreneur!
purnimars@yahoo.comJ Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2018, Volume 8
DOI:10.4172/2161-0460-C3-043