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| An atypical year, in which circumstances do not help with another pandemic, the ALZHEIMER | According to the Spanish Alzheimer Foundation, the disease doubles every 6 years, and this data leaves no one indifferent.
The Alzheimer's association, Afal Cartagena and the region, increased consultations by 40% in 2020, with 10% of people under 65 years of age.
The situation of users with COVID, drastically worsens, since they cannot carry out their daily planning on a regular basis, in addition their non-pharmacological therapies are also affected, says galindo, a relative entity user name.
The consultations in the state of pandemic increased considerably, having evident limitations to be able to attend them, the external consultations also suffer limitations so that the situation worsens more.
Family members are the great heroes, they contribute all their love to improve the quality of life of patients, putting their own quality of life before.
In this section, within the objectives of Afal Cartagena and region, is to help find help through assistants, therefore, training candidates is another of the tasks that increased in 2020.
The entity's coordinator, Gayoso comments that the need for resources is affecting the health of patients and their families.
We must thank the different administrations, private entities, volunteers and efforts of the workers, who in one way or another help to improve the quality of life of patients affected by Alzheimer's.
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Source: AFAL Cartagena y comarca
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