Dementia is caused by encephalopathy (brain lesion) leading to decreased brain function. As the population ages, the number of people with dementia is increasing year by year.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan, the population of people with dementia will exceed 300,000 in 2022, of which 96 percent are over 65, and the trend is moving towards younger patients.
Dr. Liou Jhong-ping, a Taiwanese physician, pointed out that if the elders in the family are often forgetful and lose their temper because of this, but are unwilling to seek medical treatment, it is likely to be a manifestation of “very early dementia.”…