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title: ""Of all the troubles facing the world, the rising prevalence of…"
date: 2020-08-27
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# "Of all the troubles facing the world, the rising prevalence of…

*August 27, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/08/29/the-rising-prevalence-of-dementia-is-a-global-emergency?utm_campaign=the-economist-this-week&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2020-08-27&utm_content=ed-picks-article-link-7&etear=nl_weekly_7](https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/08/29/the-rising-prevalence-of-dementia-is-a-global-emergency?utm_campaign=the-economist-this-week&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2020-08-27&utm_content=ed-picks-article-link-7&etear=nl_weekly_7){target="_blank"}
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\"Of all the troubles facing the world, the rising prevalence of dementia might seem among the less pressing. The reason behind it---longer lifespans---is to be cheered; it does not advance at the speed of a viral infection but with the ponderous inevitability of demographic change; and its full effects will not be felt until far into the future. But the reality is very different. As our special report this week makes clear, dementia is already a global emergency. Even now, more people live with it than can be looked after humanely. No cure is in the offing. And no society has devised a sustainable way to provide and pay for the care that people with it will need.\"
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