Health Promotion Essay
DEMENTIA
The purpose of this essay is to look at dementia in details and get a clear understanding of the level at which this condition affects the society and how it raises public health concern. According to the NHS Choices (2010), Dementia is said to be a condition that carries a group of related symptoms, associated with an ongoing decline in the performance of the brain and its abilities. This condition affects the individual’s memory, thinking, language, and understanding together with judgment abilities. Therefore this essay will be analysing concerns, targets and health promotion initiatives by the government regarding dementia.
Dementia is a condition that raises public health concerns and the government is working hard to ensure that this condition is addressed with all available resources. According to the Department of Health (2011), dementia is one of the most important issues that United Kingdom is facing as the population ages. In England alone according to the NHS Choices (2011), dementia is said to be a common condition, where 570, 000 people are living with it and in the UK today according to the Department of Health (2011), it is estimated that over 750, 000 people suffer from dementia. These figures are very worrying to the government and the numbers are expected to double in the next thirty years.
Dementia is said to be more common in women than in men. NHS Choices (2011) state that the condition usually occurs in older people although there is a significant number of about 15,000 people under the age of 65 in the UK that develop this condition earlier in life as suggested by the Department of Health (2011) under the National Dementia Strategy. According to the report from a research published by the Alzheimer 's Society (2011), it is states that dementia costs the UK £17 billion a year, 11,500 people with dementia in 2007 were from the black and minority ethnic group. It is suggested that the proportion of people with dementia doubles
The purpose of this essay is to look at dementia in details and get a clear understanding of the level at which this condition affects the society and how it raises public health concern. According to the NHS Choices (2010), Dementia is said to be a condition that carries a group of related symptoms, associated with an ongoing decline in the performance of the brain and its abilities. This condition affects the individual’s memory, thinking, language, and understanding together with judgment abilities. Therefore this essay will be analysing concerns, targets and health promotion initiatives by the government regarding dementia.
Dementia is a condition that raises public health concerns and the government is working hard to ensure that this condition is addressed with all available resources. According to the Department of Health (2011), dementia is one of the most important issues that United Kingdom is facing as the population ages. In England alone according to the NHS Choices (2011), dementia is said to be a common condition, where 570, 000 people are living with it and in the UK today according to the Department of Health (2011), it is estimated that over 750, 000 people suffer from dementia. These figures are very worrying to the government and the numbers are expected to double in the next thirty years.
Dementia is said to be more common in women than in men. NHS Choices (2011) state that the condition usually occurs in older people although there is a significant number of about 15,000 people under the age of 65 in the UK that develop this condition earlier in life as suggested by the Department of Health (2011) under the National Dementia Strategy. According to the report from a research published by the Alzheimer 's Society (2011), it is states that dementia costs the UK £17 billion a year, 11,500 people with dementia in 2007 were from the black and minority ethnic group. It is suggested that the proportion of people with dementia doubles
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