SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A GPS device that helps detect the whereabouts of elderly dementia patients was found to be very useful in locating those who had gone missing. According to police officials, all 30 senior dementia patients who received one of the devices were found after being reported missing. The average amount [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly half of all guardians of dementia patients were found to have given up their job or decrease their work hours in order to care for their loved ones. This was according to a survey carried out by the Korea Dementia Association, the results of which were published yesterday. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A public “guardian” program for dementia patients will be implemented in South Korea starting September 20. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced today that a proposed revision of the law that would provide the legal framework for the initiative was resolved at the Cabinet meeting level. For patients [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has found that for most people, the one last memory that they did not want to lose was of their “family members”, even if all else failed them if dementia were to strike. Memories of their children, especially, were what people wanted to remember the most [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that middle-aged adults who go under general anesthesia are 29 percent more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease than those who don’t. Although patients should not be afraid of going under general anesthesia, the study suggests that a patient’s cognitive performance should be checked [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors who either have trouble falling asleep for more than thirty minutes or who sleep more than eight hours a day are at greater risk of having their cognitive abilities deteriorate. More specifically, seniors who drift off to sleep after the thirty-minute mark are at 40 percent greater risk [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A report published by South Korean medical researchers has revealed that a simple test consisting of getting up from a chair and walking for a short distance can be used to assess a person’s risk of dementia. The research team composed of doctors from SNU Hospital and Samsung Medical [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government will spend one trillion won on dementia research, care and infrastructure over the next 10 years, as patient numbers are set to reach 3 million by 2050. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Sunday that detailed plans for the dementia R&D project, which have [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have displayed improved memory recall after using an in-house cognitive training program developed by the neuropsychiatry department at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. Titled “Ubiquitous Spaced Retrieval-based Memory Advancement and Rehabilitation Training” or “USMART” for short, the tablet PC-based program enables patients to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – With a plummeting birth rate and soaring life expectancy, care workers are emerging as one of the crucial professions in an aging South Korea where seniors now account for over 14 percent of the country’s population, but pressing issues such as difficult working conditions and poor treatment still remain [...]