dementia 結果共6筆

A tragic incident unfolds in Kaohsiung as a navy officer drives his car into Nanliao Fishing Harbor with his dementia-stricken mother on board. The mother tragically loses her life, sparking investigations into the officer’s motives and potential legal implications.

Yuli Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, is leading efforts to establish dementia-friendly organizations in the country. The initiative involves training employees from community branches of the Land Bank of Taiwan and Family Mart to better understand and assist individuals with dementia. With over 300,000 people affected by dementia in Taiwan, the hospital aims to raise awareness and support for this vulnerable population. Director of nursing Huang Pei-chi highlights common challenges faced by dementia patients in daily tasks like banking and shopping, urging more businesses to participate in creating a dementia-friendly environment for the elderly.

Taiwan faces a critical labor shortage, compounded by an increasing need for family caregiving, especially for dementia patients. The situation challenges the existing workforce and highlights the need for better caregiving infrastructure and supportive legal frameworks.

Renowned Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien has retired due to dementia, as announced by film scholar Tony Rayns at the Garden Cinema in London. Despite being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Hou had been actively preparing for his next film, driven by his unwavering passion for cinema. While his in-progress film, ＂On the Shulan River＂ (＂Searching for the River God＂), will not be completed, Hou’s past contributions to the world of cinema have earned him acclaim both domestically and internationally.

好萊塢巨星布魯斯威利（Bruce Willis）在去年3月時宣布，他因罹患失語症而決定息影。沒想到，近日又有外媒爆料，布魯斯威利罹患了「額顳葉失智症」（Frontotemporal dementia ，FTD），且他的家屬也透過IG發文證實此事，更感嘆該病「無法治療」。

如果有一天，你的父母忘記你是誰，該怎麼辦？隨著父母的年紀越來越大，他們或許會漸漸失去自行生活的能力，甚至會因為疾病而喪失記憶。國外一名男子，他的媽媽罹患「失智症（dementia）」，記憶力逐漸衰退，為了讓更多人了解這種疾病，他將母子兩人的日常生活拍成影片上傳到YouTube，在日前上傳的一段影片中母親幾乎忘記他是誰，讓他心碎痛哭說「這是我這輩子最糟糕的一天。」許多網友看到這一幕也跟著紅了眼眶。