Dementia patients on the rise as China’s population ages

Published: 19 July 2010 y., Monday

The elderly are the treasure of the family, according to an old Chinese saying. Yet with an increase in life expectancy in China has come an accompanying rise in dementia cases, which may leave the younger generation struggling to cope with treatment and care.


 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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