Virtual Reality May Help Stimulate Memory In People With Dementia

Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of conditions, including Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.

It can cause memory loss so severe that it negatively impacts a person’s ability to perform day-to-day activities.

A person’s risk of dementia increases as they get older, and a person can be more prone to developing Alzheimer’s based on their ethnicity.

For instance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African Americans are the group most at risk for Alzheimer’s among seniors, followed by Hispanic people, then non-Hispanic white people.

The CDC state that the greatest increase in Alzheimer’s disease over the coming decades will occur among Hispanic and African American people and that these increases are largely due to people living longer, as the rates of people dying from chronic diseases are decreasing. – Medical News Today