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With our medical advances and knowledge, people are living a much longer life. But, longevity without accompanying good health is not desirable, and actually miserable. Dementia is a frightening word, causing anxiety, uncertainty, and often despair. The population of the older people is increasing exponentially, resulting is more and more cases of dementia being diagnosed because age is a known risk factor for dementia, unfortunately. Without strong, bold, and proactive countermeasures by governments, dementia will rock the global healthcare system, not just in the United States, causing much pain and suffering to our society including the patients and their loved ones and caregivers. The social impact of dementia is just too great to ignore!

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"Dr. Richard Ng is a naturalized U.S. citizen, having lived in the Midwest for over 50 years. He received his undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree with honor from Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, Illinois, and his medical education from Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is the author of ""Mindful Eating"", ""Obesity and Overweight"", ""A Pain Doctor's Dilemma"". ""Aging, a healthy meaningful journey"", and ""Alzheimer's Disease, a relentless, multidimensional illness"". He sees the plight of the elderly segment of our population with their quality of life compromised; many of the geriatric problems such as malnutrition, chronic illnesses including dementia, ageism, safety, aging in place, and mental and physical abuse are being sidetracked with minimal attention."

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