Dementia is a syndrome, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, caused by a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory, thinking, behaviors and capacities in activities of daily living (ADL). Dementia mainly affects the elderly. The older the age of the elderly is, the higher the risk of dementia will become. The current problems of caregiving for senile dementia are lack of social care and support system, and the tasks of taking care of them fall to their families, which leads to a negative fact that family caregivers feel great pressure in their body, emotions and economy. Meanwhile, the caregiving difficulty is increasing with deterioration of dementia and this directly lowers the quality of life of senile dementia patients'' mates or children. Prevention of dementia lays on its stress on reduction of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases, improvement of education and cognitive reserve, and increases of aerobic exercises. Additionally, policy-makers and public should be in conscious of the fact that dementia, similar to heart diseases, stroke and cancer, can be prevented by effectively implementing public health strategies. Improvement of home care facilities, development of assistant products for caregiving, exchange platform of experience of family caregiving, establishment of mutual institution for families of patients with dementia, improvement of social security system and quick establishment of specialized institutions should be considered to perfect family caregiving for senile patients with dementia, so as to maintain family stability and promote social harmony.
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