I forgot to buy a meal on the way, and I forgot home on the way home...

These small behaviors may not be "old confused" (the 36th stop of the Health Through Train)

　　Our reporter Yu Jingying

　　According to data from the International Alzheimer's Disease Association, Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related diseases have become the fifth leading cause of death in the world.

With the aging of the population, the number of patients with Alzheimer's disease in China is on the rise.

　　Alzheimer's disease is a chronic and progressive disease. People who are ill will gradually lose the ability to live. The disease will also bring heavy care and financial burdens to families.

Recently, the National Health Commission issued the "Working Plan for Exploring Special Services for the Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease", which determined the work goals for the pilot areas by 2022, including 80% of the public’s awareness of the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and establishing and improving the Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment network Establish and improve a preventive intervention model that combines patient self-management, family management, community management, and hospital management. The cognitive function screening rate of the elderly in the community (village) reaches 80%.

1 new patient every 3 seconds

　　"Among many diseases, the harm of Alzheimer's disease has been underestimated for a long time." Zhang Nan, standing committee member and deputy secretary-general of the Alzheimer's Disease Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Healthcare Association and deputy chief physician of the Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, emphasized. In addition to "stealing" people's memories, Alzheimer's disease can also cause movement disorders and gradual decline in the ability to take care of themselves. In severe cases, patients will also have abnormal behaviors and require special care for 24 hours.

　　Relevant data shows that global aging is increasing, and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease is also showing an increasing trend.

In 2019, the International Alzheimer’s Disease Association estimated that there are more than 50 million people with cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, this number will reach 152 million, that is, every 3 seconds. One new patient was added.

　　The number of patients with Alzheimer's disease in China not only ranks first in the world, but also has one of the fastest growth rates in the world.

It is estimated that there are currently more than 10 million patients with the disease in China.

However, the patient visit rate is only 25% to 26%, and fewer patients receive standardized treatment, only about 20%.

Experts call for the earlier treatment of Alzheimer's disease, the better, early recognition of symptoms and early intervention can avoid rapid development of the disease, prolong the survival time of patients, and improve the quality of life.

　　For the forgetfulness of the elderly, people used to use the phrase "old and confused" to summarize, but in fact many people do not understand that Alzheimer's disease caused by Alzheimer's disease is not a normal aging phenomenon.

In my country, Alzheimer's disease has three "lows": low cognition, low medical visit rate, and lower rate of receiving treatment.

Healthy living, exercise and brain use can help prevent

　　"Alzheimer's disease is actually preventable." Sun Yongan, deputy chairman and secretary-general of the Alzheimer's Disease Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Health Association, and chief physician of the Department of Neurology of Peking University First Hospital, pointed out that through the prevention of hypertension and abdominal Obesity, hearing loss, diabetes and other diseases, and more aerobic exercise and other measures can reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease by 1/3.

　　"In addition, cultivating interest and exercising the brain can help reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease." Professor Zhang Zhenxin, chief physician of the Department of Neurology at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said that scientific research has found that human brain cells that often use the brain have a good compensatory ability. , The incidence is lower than those who don’t use the brain frequently.

　　In our country, in order to enhance the society’s awareness of prevention of senile dementia, promote the advancement of prevention barriers, increase the level of prevention knowledge, reduce the growth rate of the prevalence of senile dementia, and improve the health of the elderly, the National Health Commission issued the "Al Core information on Zheimer’s disease prevention and intervention.

　　This core information suggests that we must first develop exercise habits and hobbies, eat healthy, stop smoking, limit alcohol, study more, use more brains, participate more in social activities, maintain an optimistic attitude, avoid isolation from society, and form a healthy lifestyle.

　　Secondly, for middle-aged people with obesity, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, depression, hearing loss, and a family history of dementia, they should control their weight, correct their hearing, maintain healthy blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels, thereby further reducing the risk. Disease risk.

Intervene early to reduce stress

　　Prevention can reduce the morbidity, but if you become ill, you must seek medical treatment in time and carry out effective intervention as soon as possible.

In the second season of the documentary "Human World", Wu Kailan discovered that her wife had burned two bowls of the same soup and felt something was not right, so she took her to the hospital.

"After a doctor's examination, my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. However, the doctor said that it is very valuable to be able to detect it so early." Wu Kailan said.

　　An article published by the Alzheimer's Association emphasizes that Alzheimer's disease needs to be distinguished from benign amnesia only in terms of memory loss.

The article pointed out that benign amnesia is age-related memory loss.

This memory loss is not an early manifestation of dementia, but a certain degree of decline in memory function with age.

The early pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease are manifested as mild cognitive impairment. Patients with mild cognitive impairment have a greater degree of memory loss than their expected age, or the degree of memory loss is significantly worse than that of people of the same age.

　　Just like in the TV series "Everything is Good", Su Daqiang forgot to buy food on the way to help a friend to buy food, and repeated salt during cooking... These small behaviors are all signs of Alzheimer's disease.

　　For patients with Alzheimer's disease, early effective drug treatment and intervention is an important means to reduce their own pressure and family pressure.

Change the status quo of "one person is disabled and the whole family is out of balance"

　　With the increase in Alzheimer's disease patients, it has brought serious challenges to many families.

"One person is disabled and the whole family is out of balance" is particularly obvious.

Behind every patient, there is a group of exhausted family members.

In this regard, many companies are innovating and launching new products and services to alleviate this phenomenon.

　　According to Chen Dongsheng, founder, chairman and CEO of Taikang Insurance Group, as early as 2018, Taikang Home cooperated with GRS, an American pension and rehabilitation organization operator, and combined its own practice to create Taikang's international standard long-term care system and further build dementia Care system-the "home direction" project.

　　"The direction of home" is to subdivide dementia into four stages. Each patient will receive a scientific and rigorous evaluation before moving in to determine the stage he is in. The "1+N" multidisciplinary team will recognize it based on the evaluation results. Elders with known disease provide personalized care plans and precise intervention services.

　　The so-called "1+N", "1" refers to the case manager who is responsible for organizing and coordinating multi-disciplinary services and maintaining close communication with family members; "N" refers to the management of nursing, rehabilitation, medical treatment, pharmacists, entertainment, etc. A professional care team.

Among them, professional teams such as rehabilitation, pharmacists, and nutrition rely on the medical strength of Taikang Home Rehabilitation Hospitals to provide intervention services for dementia elders and their families.

At the same time, the multidisciplinary team actively helps the dementia elders to integrate into life, so that the memory care area has "fireworks", so that the dementia elders can maintain close contact with their families and society, and maintain vigorous vitality.

　　A 92-year-old grandmother Wang from Chengdu suffers from Alzheimer's disease. She has been taking care of her at home. She has irregular diet and does not like to eat meat. She often turns black and white and often loses her emotional control.

Soon after the Taikang Home·Shu Garden opened, the family sent Grandma Wang to the Shu Garden Memory Care Area.

After evaluation by a multidisciplinary team and personalized care, Grandma Wang's mood gradually stabilized after 1 month of staying in, and her diet changed from vegetarian only to fish. Grandma Wang's son cried with joy after seeing these changes several times and said emotionally : "My mother is back again."