Jim Mann – Diagnosed with dementia in 2007 at age 58. Still pushing for a plan to improve the lives of over 70,000 British Columbians with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias AND their families and caregivers.

FACTS ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA

  • Alzheimer's disease and other dementias directly affect over 70,000 British Columbians.
  • Hundreds of thousand of wives, husbands, sons and daughters are also affected, many serving as primary caregivers.
  • There is no cure.
  • The financial burden on British Columbians is huge, through increased public health and long-term care spending.
  • The situation is getting worse. The leading risk factor is age, and the huge wave of B.C. baby boomers is already starting to crash into that risk.
  • The associated costs to British Columbians will reach a crisis point - not in the distant future, but during the next B.C. government.
  • The World Health Organization released a groundbreaking report in 2012 describing dementia as a global public health crisis and challenging governments to respond with a plan.
  • Jim and the Alzheimer Society of B.C. have responded with Jim's Push for a Plan.

 

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