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Alzheimer’s disease during a pandemic – Pursuit
While COVID-19 has changed the way people with Alzheimer’s disease access care, it’s led to innovation and collaboration, say University of Melbourne experts.
Dr Paul Yates, Judy McCahon, Professor Andrea Maier, Professor Ashley Bush , Professor Nicola Lautenschlager and Rebecca Madill
Worldwide, dementia affects approximately 50 million people and is expected to increase to 152 million by 2050.
In Australia, there are approximately 459,000 people living with dementia, but in line with global trends, that number is likely to increase to 1,076,000 people by 2058 unless a major medical breakthrough is discovered.
Social isolation has been made wors…
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