China News Service, Beijing, September 21 (Reporter Li Yanan) September 21 is "World Alzheimer's Day".
With the aging of the population, the number of patients with Alzheimer's disease in China is on the rise.
How to strengthen the public’s correct understanding of this disease and how to pay attention to and improve the quality of life of patients’ families have become the focus of social attention.
Guided by the Department of Aging and Health of the National Health Commission and sponsored by the China Population Welfare Foundation, the World Alzheimer's Day publicity campaign was launched online on the 21st.
The event released the "Core Tips for Family Care of Alzheimer's Disease Patients".
According to reports, Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of senile dementia, manifested as memory loss, poor words, confusion, decreased judgment and other abnormal brain functions and changes in personality and behavior.
According to global data, one dementia patient is added approximately every 3 seconds. The current number of patients is about 50 million, of which about 60%-70% are patients with Alzheimer's disease.
The "Core Tips for Family Care of Alzheimer's Disease Patients" released on the 21st includes: receiving a diagnosis of the disease, understanding the development of Alzheimer's disease, calmly talking about Alzheimer's disease, safety is the first issue, and behavior is also a kind of Express, don’t overprotect, build a rich and satisfying life for the elderly, family members are common care partners, caregivers are ordinary people, and make the environment friendly and effective.
Xie Hengge, deputy director of the Department of Neurology of the Second Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, interpreted the core prompts and said that active prevention and intervention can effectively delay the occurrence and development of Alzheimer’s disease. It is necessary to be aware of and alert to the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Including: quickly forgetting what has just happened; difficulty in completing previously familiar tasks; confusion about the time and place of the place; difficulty in speaking and writing; becoming unsocial and losing interest in the original hobby; personality or behavior Changes and so on.
He also pointed out that understanding the manifestations of Alzheimer's disease at different stages will make caregivers more psychologically prepared, and the care plans formulated will be more reasonable, which will help to plan manpower, life, and care arrangements in different periods.
Early symptoms include becoming forgetful about what has just happened, possible communication difficulties, getting lost in familiar places, loss of time orientation, etc.; mid-term symptoms include becoming very forgetful about recent events and names, difficulty understanding time and place, and communication Difficulties, self-care needs help, etc.; late symptoms include usually not knowing the time and place, difficulty understanding what is happening around, being unable to recognize family members, being unable to take care of themselves, and finding no way at home.
Xie Hengge said that the care of patients with Alzheimer's disease is long, full of challenges, uncertainties, and full of affection and wisdom.
There is no panacea for caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease, care itself is a panacea.
The "core reminder" released this time again mentions the safety of Alzheimer's patients.
The "Yellow Strap Action" is a social welfare project jointly initiated by the China Population Welfare Foundation and CCTV News Center in 2012. Its theme is to care for patients with Alzheimer's disease as the starting point and advocates "equal care for both ends of life".
By the end of 2019, the project had distributed 979,000 yellow bracelets in 31 provincial administrative regions across the country, including 711,000 WeChat yellow bracelets, 19,000 positioning yellow bracelets, and 249,000 anti-lost positioning stickers.
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