NAGPUR: The need to celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day is to make people aware of such a disease existing in the world. Society and its people consider this disease as a mental problem, but it is not. Shrinking of the brain and not having a healthy mind is what causes dementia, said the director of CIBS and well-known psychiatrist Dr Shailesh Pangaonkar.
On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day, an annual programme was conducted by the Central Institute of Behavioral Sciences (CIBS), on Sunday morning, specifically for senior citizens and caretakers. An informative session which covered all the aspects of why this disease occurs was held. People after 80 tend to forget basic regular things and the situation turns for the worse. Dementia and Alzheimer’s are the two diseases where senior citizens go through a situation of forgetfulness.
It was the 11th year when CIBS conducted the awareness lecture. A mental health check-up was also done at the venue by Dr Jyoti Tembhurne, who is a clinical psychologist. Neurologist Dr Prafulla Shembalkar was the chief guest.
Giving the introductory speech joint director at CIBS Dr Deepali Pangaonkar said, “We look forward to attend more people and cure their disease. This institution works with one aim — giving people a proper mental health and help.”
Dr Shailesh introduced various types of dementia and stated that Alzheimer is one type of dementia. India deals with vascular dementia, which is less blood flow in the brain, which in turn results in shrinkage of the brain.
Dr Shembalkar said, “More than 40 lakh people in India are affected with some type of dementia. This disease changes the entire brain structure. A healthy brain is fat and broad while the one diseased is shrunk.”
He said, “Dementia is a progressive illness where a person can’t remember his or her usual daily activities. If understood at an early stage it does not cause much damage to brain, but in our society, this disease is labelled as a mental issue which people prefer to ignore. The main step is to make people understand the major difference between a mental problem and dementia.”
Dr Sandhya Meshram, a clinical psychologist, introduced Dr Shailesh and Dr Shembalkar, while the vote of thanks was proposed by Jyotsana Mandavkar.
On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day, an annual programme was conducted by the Central Institute of Behavioral Sciences (CIBS), on Sunday morning, specifically for senior citizens and caretakers. An informative session which covered all the aspects of why this disease occurs was held. People after 80 tend to forget basic regular things and the situation turns for the worse. Dementia and Alzheimer’s are the two diseases where senior citizens go through a situation of forgetfulness.
It was the 11th year when CIBS conducted the awareness lecture. A mental health check-up was also done at the venue by Dr Jyoti Tembhurne, who is a clinical psychologist. Neurologist Dr Prafulla Shembalkar was the chief guest.
Giving the introductory speech joint director at CIBS Dr Deepali Pangaonkar said, “We look forward to attend more people and cure their disease. This institution works with one aim — giving people a proper mental health and help.”
Dr Shailesh introduced various types of dementia and stated that Alzheimer is one type of dementia. India deals with vascular dementia, which is less blood flow in the brain, which in turn results in shrinkage of the brain.
Dr Shembalkar said, “More than 40 lakh people in India are affected with some type of dementia. This disease changes the entire brain structure. A healthy brain is fat and broad while the one diseased is shrunk.”
He said, “Dementia is a progressive illness where a person can’t remember his or her usual daily activities. If understood at an early stage it does not cause much damage to brain, but in our society, this disease is labelled as a mental issue which people prefer to ignore. The main step is to make people understand the major difference between a mental problem and dementia.”
Dr Sandhya Meshram, a clinical psychologist, introduced Dr Shailesh and Dr Shembalkar, while the vote of thanks was proposed by Jyotsana Mandavkar.
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