Assessment And Diagnostic Of Dementia

Hope For Dementia is a federal non-profit charitable organization that was founded in 2016 by Parsa Famili when he witnessed the burden placed on families dealing with Dementia. Our goal is to support the cause of safeguarding healthy brains in Canada’s ageing population. We do this by advocating for the early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Dementia and other cognitive disorders. Our aim is to provide accurate cognitive testing to people who are the most vulnerable to these diseases through fundraising, education, and research with our local universities. While there are thousands of worthy charities across Canada, there are only very few that focus on the elderly and their neurological health. Hope for Dementia hopes to fill in these gaps that exist within the health care system. 

It is estimated that there are more than 750 million (about 10 percent of the world population) over the age of 65 years worldwide today (2016). The latest projections from the World Health Organization, reveal that at the current rate, there will be around 2 billion people 65 years and older by 2050. Additionally, the elderly will exceed the number of children in the near future and this “Tsunami of ageing” will result in significant economic, social, and medical complications. Approximately three years ago, Tokyo Times reported that Japan became the first country in the world where there were 2.5 times more adults than baby diapers sold, and in Canada, we are not too far off.

Most of the world’s population above 65 years currently live in developed countries and this will shortly result in the collapse of social support and health care systems. In a not too distant future, due to the ageing population, the leading health disorders will be “Brain Diseases”.