The Dementia Timebomb: Ageing Japan Faces Health Care Crisis

The Dementia Timebomb: Ageing Japan Faces Health Care Crisis
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Kanemasa Ito compares caring for his wife Kimiko to waging a daily war with the devil. The woman he loved has all but disappeared -- lost to dementia, she can no longer eat, bathe, or go to the toilet alone.

"There is a demon inside her head," Ito told AFP, articulating the dramatic change in the person he'd built a life with, while she babbles nonsensically.

 



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