Tag: Dementia
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Combating Japan’s Dementia Crisis: The Role of Technology in Care and Management
With orange bracelets in hand, salespeople, bus drivers, staff at supermarkets, cashiers in banks, and many others who were trained under the program help them out. ‘Team Orange’ targets to establish a strong connection among dementia supporters and healthcare professionals with dementia patients. With the Japanese government addressing the dementia concern effectively through legislation, programmes…
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Addressing Japan’s Dementia Crisis: The Role of Technology
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Tokyo Getty Images Around seven million people suffer from dementia in Japan Last year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in Japan. Almost 500 were later found dead. Police say such cases have doubled since 2012, underscoring a growing strain on the world’s…