Rehabilitation Sciences 3062A/B Lecture 8: Lecture 8
12 May 2017
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Improve the understanding of alzheimer"s disease as a neurological disease relevant to rehabilitation practice. Present a framework for the assessment and treatment of mobility disability in people with alzheimer"s disease. Older people (> 55 years) are more concerned about the possibility of developing dementia than they are about cancer, heart disease or stroke. 52% of adults aged 30 to 50 were afraid their parents would develop dementia, compared to 42% who thought they would get cancer and 33% a heart attack. Most common neurodegenerative disease is alzheimer"s disease (ad) Why an epidemic: currently 480,600 people with dementia in canada. 103,700 new cases per year: one new case every 5 minutes. By 2038: 1,125,200 people with dementia: 2. 8% of popn. Why is knowledge of ad important for the rehabilitation profession to know: aging population. Increasing prevalence of disease: majority of people with a diagnosis live in the community.
