Alzheimer's disease ordered to be eliminated at a rapid pace
The US government has decided to defeat Alzheimer's disease by 2025
With government support, scientists will have to develop a way to effectively treat and prevent this deadly neurological disease by 2025, reports CBS News (Gov't wants Alzheimer's treatment that works by 2025).
The Committee of American Experts on Alzheimer's disease on Tuesday gathered for a two-day conference to develop recommendations that can be included in the final version of the government plan.
The government calls the new plan "an ambitious task to make progress in containing the disease," but does not disclose any information about the funding of scientific research needed to solve it. Current treatments for Alzheimer's disease only temporarily alleviate some of the symptoms of dementia. According to experts, the work on improving the therapy of this progressive disease is extremely slow.
The National Plan for Alzheimer's Disease provides for both medical and social aspects of the fight against acquired dementia (dementia), which, as a rule, affects people over 65 years of age.
One of the main goals of the plan is to increase the effectiveness of timely diagnosis of the disease. According to the latest data cited by CBS News, half of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease do not have a formal diagnosis. This is partly due to prejudice (unwillingness to bear the "stigma" of an imbecile) and confidence in the incurable disease.
In addition to identifying symptoms, diagnosis allows the patient's relatives to see the future, and early diagnosis can bring a lot of benefits if a way is found to slow the development of dementia.
The plan also provides for improving assistance to family members of the patient and, in particular, educating them about the available means of treatment. According to David Hoffman of the New York State Department of Health, training programs for relatives are much cheaper than medical care at home. For example, the existing training program in New York for the care of patients with dementia has shown that such training allows relatives to provide full care for patients at home.
Currently, about 5.4 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Experts estimate that by 2050 their number may triple and reach 16 million people, the cost of keeping them in medical institutions and home care will cost one trillion dollars a year.
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19.01.2012