Tabassum Rashda, Jawed Syed Hasan
Associate Specialist, Old Age Psychiatry, Bloxwich Hospital, Walsall, UK, email
Consultant Psychiatrist, Dorothy Pattison Hospital, Walsall, UK.
Int Psychiatry. 2010 Apr 1;7(2):45-47. eCollection 2010 Apr.
The elderly population is increasing all over the world, a trend expected to continue well into the next century, particularly in low-income countries (Levkoff , 1995). There is an established association between increasing age and cognitive decline (Fillenbaum, 1984) and dementias are common in this age group.
全球老年人口正在增加,预计这一趋势将持续到下个世纪,尤其是在低收入国家(列夫科夫,1995年)。年龄增长与认知能力下降之间存在既定关联(菲伦鲍姆,1984年),痴呆症在这个年龄段很常见。