*Dementia-friendly society series
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VIEW 1_Dementia is not old age
Dementia is not a natural disease when you get old. It's a serious brain injury disease. Even without a complete treatment, progress can be slowed or improved. There are cases where the response is delayed by being scared and hiding. Therefore, if you want to know in advance before the disease worsens, you should pay attention to dementia and know it properly. I am not in a temper to think that I can't help it because I'm old. The attitude of recognizing and confirming the disease called dementia, not only yourself, but also around you, can make dementia stay mild.
VIEW 2_Dementia is no longer unfamiliar
#47 10% of those aged 65 or older and 1 in 4 over 80 are dementia patients with dementia. The proportion of dementia patients among the elderly population is not a small number. It is even a fait accompli that the number of dementia patients increases year by year. Just because you haven’t experienced it doesn’t mean you’re not around yet. The perception of treating dementia patients should also be corrected. You should prepare ahead of time as it is common, and you should treat it as unfamiliar as it is. This is why the community holds campaigns related to dementia. You have to keep looking and thinking until you don’t feel unfamiliar so you don’t forget.
VIEW 3_Focus on old people in "old people with dementia"
Dementia-friendly society is the result of people's attention. When you think of the elderly with dementia, you can think of the elderly before dementia. The way you deal with it depends on where you think it's more important. The overseas case of creating a dementia-friendly society is the result of emphasizing that point. Apart from the treatment of a disease called dementia, they try to improve the life of the elderly with dementia. When prioritizing the elderly, such ideas can move toward a dementia-friendly society when they become common.
VIEW 4_Respecting the dignity of old age
The dignity of an old man is not unique to the old man. In the end, it is true of oneself. Everyone wants to be an old man and live with the dignity of old age. That mind changes perceptions, participates in campaigns, and revises the social system. A dementia-friendly society is to create a life that protects the dignity of old age. It is important to have a mindset to accept such changes while properly maintaining and developing systems and facilities.
VIEW 5_Dementia-friendly society is a mature society
Often a mature society means a society that cares for the weak. Of course, dementia patients also fall within the scope of the weak, and the proportion is expected to increase further in the future. From that point of view, a dementia-friendly society that carefully cares for dementia patients naturally shows high social maturity. Society always moves in a better direction in human history. That's how the perception and the system have changed. Dementia-friendly society also needs to be viewed as a process of change.