Humankind has been dealing with a devastating colossal pandemic, described as the greatest challenge of the 21st century in health and social care – dementia. Worldwide it is estimated that every 3 seconds someone develops dementia. This syndrome prevalence is not slowing down and already more than 50 million people live with it, a number that is expected to increase to 152 million in 2050.¹ Supporting this data, Alzheimer Europe estimated that almost 10 million people live with dementia in Europe. Portugal is alarmingly one of the most affected countries and will exceed the European trend by doubling its current prevalence to 3.82% of the total population until 2050.²

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痴呆症和COVID-19：不要忘记的人。

人类一直在应对毁灭性的大流行病，据称这是21世纪健康和社会护理领域的最大挑战-痴呆症。在世界范围内，估计每3秒就会有人患上痴呆症。该综合征的患病率并没有因此而降低，已经有超过5000万人患有该病，预计到2050年，这一数字将增加到1.52亿^。1支持这一数据的欧洲Alzheimer Europe估计，欧洲有近1000万人患有痴呆症。令人震惊的是，葡萄牙是受影响最严重的国家之一，到2050年，葡萄牙的流行率将增加一倍，达到总人口的3.82％，将超过欧洲趋势^。2