Dealing with dementia
By Yang Wanli | China Daily | Updated: 2014-08-08 08:17
Alzheimer's disease is threatening the world's largest elderly population, Yang Wanli reports.
When Xie Weiying noticed her father losing his memory and suffering from similar lapses in his judgment and language ability, she thought it was just a sign of his old age.
But the symptoms worsened. In 2008, Xie's father, then 77, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
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