The Alzheimer’s Disease Fitness Specialist Course blends current science with common sense to present cutting-edge ideas to optimise the impact that fitness can have in the lives of those you serve who are concerned about or diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia.
In the UK:
More than half (52%) of people in the UK know someone diagnosed with dementia.
68% of people correctly disagree with the statement ‘Dementia is an inevitable part of getting older.’
Dementia is the leading chronic cause of death since 2017
49% say that dementia is the health condition they fear most
Approximately 40% of all dementia diagnoses are linked to modifiable lifestyle factors, yet only
33% of adults believe it is possible to reduce risk.
At the same time, 75% of people believe it’s possible to influence brain health.
(source: https://dementiastatistics.org/attitudes/)