There are approximately 40,000 Jamaicans currently living with Alzheimer's, according to local statistics.
"Many of them we don't see, we don't hear from them, but they are on beds all over, suffering, no help at all, missing in action. We don't even see them in our health centres because it is hard to get there; and delivering care to persons with dementia in a busy health centre, a health clinic or outpatient department is not going to cut it," said Dr Albert Chen.
Alzheimer's Jamaica
47 Duke Street
Kingston CSO
Jamaica
Tel: +1 876 382 5810
Fax: +1 876 978 2130
Email: alzheimerja@cwjamaica.com
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