September 22, 2021

World Alzheimer's Month is an annual event in September run by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI).


World Alzheimer's Month has been running since 2012, and September 21st is World Alzheimer's Day. This month's observance aims to raise awareness and challenge the stigma surrounding Alzheimer's and dementia. The purpose is to raise awareness globally to improve peoples understanding of how the disese impacts people living with the disease.

"World Alzheimer's Month is an opportunity for sufferers, carers, professionals, press and media and communities to work together against dementia as well as raising awareness of the realities of it, while combating stigma and misinformation and lobbying the government for better help and care.

"Dementia is a degenerative brain condition that affects over 50 million people internationally and which robs a person of their memory,competency, comprehension and behavioural awareness, usually slowly, over years, it is a sad condition to live with or to witness in a loved one, there are over 100 forms of dementia, the most common being Alzheimer's Disease at 50-60% of all dementia cases"

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Source: https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/world-alzheimers-month-2021/