Kanemasa Ito compares caring for his wife Kimiko to waging a daily war with the devil. One of the world’s most rapidly ageing and long-lived societies, Japan is at the forefront of an impending global healthcare crisis. By 2025, one in five of the over 65s — around 7.3 million people — in Japan will have dementia, the health ministry estimates, up from around 4.6 million now. – Global health crisis –Their story is becoming increasingly common in a country where a lack of resources and caregivers means the burden falls increasingly on spouses and children. Dementia is a major global health issue with cases soaring as people live longer.

Source: Egypt Independent June 02, 2017 03:11 UTC