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President Moon Jae-in’s wife, Kim Jeong-suk (pictured) said on the 21st, “I will create a ‘dementia-friendly society’ so that anyone can naturally accept and cope with the fear and prejudice of dementia that anyone can become a patient with dementia. “
In a congratulatory video speech on ‘Dementia Overcoming Day’ held at the Korean Chamber of Commerce this morning, Ms Kim said: “Not only the dementia patient, but also the suffering of the family of the Dementia patients who have to bear physical, mental and economic burdens must be solved as a problem for all people. “He said. The ‘Dementia Overcoming Day’ was designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Alzheimer’s Association in 1995 to report on the problem of nursing dementia patients.
Ms. Kim said, “One in 10 people aged 65 and over in our country suffers from dementia,” she said. “It is said that by 2024, the number of patients with dementia is expected to exceed one million, so it cannot be said that no one is free of dementia.” She said: “In a world where there is no face-to-face and distance presence of the coronavirus (new coronavirus infection), dementia patients and their families will endure more difficult days than anyone else.” “The elderly working in Korea today can maintain their dignity to the end. I will do my best to achieve it.”
Kim’s mother is known to have Alzheimer’s. When Ms. Kim volunteered for the elderly only at the Gangbuk Senior Welfare Center in Seoul in December 2017, she said, “My mother also sent her older sister first and she was very depressed. Later, due to insanity, the son-in-law, who became president, does not recognize him, nor does he recognize me ”. Kim, who received a ‘dementia partner’ certificate at the Dementia Relief Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul last year, often visited dementia-related facilities in person when traveling abroad, such as visiting a nursing facility. of local dementia when visiting Belgium in October 2018. [email protected]
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