Day world of Alzheimer – documentary “instante”.
Spain, 2011-September the Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative disease of the brain cells – neurons – and progressive nature of still unknown origin. It is the cause of invalidity, dependency and mortality more common in older people. It is also the most common trigger for mental disorder in the Western world, constituting between 60 and 75 per cent of all dementias. Its incidence and prevalence increases almost exponentially with aging.
Nearly 700,000 people are affected in Spain and manifested more than 100,000 new patients to the year taking into account the ageing of the population and the future increase in people older than 80 years, he is expected that the number of sufferers is to double by 2020 and triple by 2050.
Grünenthal Pharma, leading company in the treatment of pain and with extensive knowledge in the area of the Central nervous system, supports the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and is sponsoring the documentary, moments. Family around Alzheimer’s ”, which will be issued this Wednesday, September 21, international day of the Alzheimer’s in the 2 television programme La Aventura del Saber ”, at 10: 00.
The filmmaker Ander Duque collects in this piece the harsh reality of several sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as the daily tragedies and small triumphs of patients and their families.
If you want to see the trailer for the documentary click here
