Population aging is occurring particularly rapidly in Québec. Moreover, cognitive impairments increase with advancing age and become a more significant source of disability as seniors age. Cognitive impairments adversely affect the exercise of such mental functions as memory, judgment, attention, learning capacity and the ability to solve problems, and such impairment can have a significant impact on the ability to remain autonomous and on quality of life. The main types of cognitive impairment are: age-related cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment and major neurocognitive Alzheimer’s-type dementia for which there is still no cure.
- In Canada in 2015, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were the second leading cause of mortality, responsible for 12% of...