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Imaging in Medicine

Dementia Impact Factor

The incidence of dementia is rapidly increasing through world reported that ‘there are more than 7.7 million new cases of dementia each year, implying that there is a new case of dementia somewhere in the world every the four seconds’. There are over 332,000 people diagnosed with dementia, with an estimated for new diagnoses per As the incidence of dementia rises globally, the rate and scale at which it is currently escalating for the forced governments to make it a health priority, and from a consumer, it is therefore very timely to re-consider the language being used to represent for people with dementia and its impact on stigma. The definition of stigma plays in defining the experience of people with dementia is well documented. It refers to stigma as ‘spoiled identity’ that are discuss it in terms of persons being negatively used, a loss of status and power, discrimination and stereotyping. Stigma affects a number of things that are considering dementia, including the person’s willingness to seek diagnosis, to seek support once diagnosed and a lack of willingness to the participate in research .The care provided is also refers for of a lower standard due to stigma within the health care profession, and services are distorted .      

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