SINGAPORE – Dementia is an exceptionally distressing health crisis when it hits an individual and their family but almost as damaging can be the severe financial pain it brings.
Dementia victims suffer a gradual deterioration until they lose all mental capacity. They are unable to think and reason, remember new information or recall past events, solve problems or take care of themselves.
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