Jul at Veggie Chic has done a great job hosting our monthly SciHealth Theme Day, featuring posts the channel bloggers wrote for World Health Day.  Although March 7 is the actual date, we gathered our information today with science and health issues of global interest.

Liz’s and my post about Alzheimer’s concerns in various countries,  was among these.  It’s not just in our countries of New Zealand and the United States, but around the world that patients, families and caregivers are concerned about this disease, seeking causes, cures, and comfort.

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Alzheimer’s Notes Participates in SciHealth Theme Day

Liz has called attention to people and projects around the globe in previous posts here, such as You Are Not Alone: Alzheimer’s Stories from Around the World.  I posted about Queen Silvia of Sweden addressing Alzheimer’s at a conference in Japan.  Some of her concern stems from the fact her mother had Alzheimer’s.

So we see this disease is not merely the concern of one country or one continent.  As it gathers widespread recognition, we discover that Alzheimer’s affects people everywhere, whether they’re a patient or a caregiver. 

Researchers in many countries have been looking for causes and cures, such as that mentioned in this post on recent research.  Better and more effective care constantly is being sought.  Liz mentions how, in the Netherlands, they are attempting to help Alzheimer’s patients with care that calms them, in Snoezelen Rooms.  I even reminisced about how patients care for one another as my mom and aunt did.

As recognition of the challenges caused by Alzheimer’s becomes more widespread, I see much more awareness of how this disease affects people (victims, families, caregivers) around the world than when Mother and Auntie developed it.  To me this is a giant step forward and leads to hope that causes and cures will be discovered in future years.

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Alzheimer’s Affects People Around the World