"With an aging population and rising average life expectancy, the number of individuals with senile dementia in China continues to increase, becoming a widespread societal concern," Xinhua said. A ...

Since then, scientists have come to agree that the distinction between "presenile" and "senile" forms of AD dementia is obsolete. The early onset and late-onset forms are now seen as a single disease.

BEIJING -- China has rolled out a national action plan to address senile dementia, which poses significant challenges to the well-being of elderly people and their families, amid a rapidly aging ...