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And then personal safety. A lot of people die every day because of... accidents that happen as a result of dementia.
Right. People who shouldn't be driving get into cars.
Right. People who shouldn't be driving get into cars.
Right. People who shouldn't be driving get into cars.
And there's a push that's going on now, I think in the last year or so, as part of the Council on Aging, like the United States Council on Aging, there's a new initiative called the Dementia Friendly America Initiative. Really neat. Yeah, it's basically saying, look, we've got about one in eight people over 65 in the U.S. have dementia.
And there's a push that's going on now, I think in the last year or so, as part of the Council on Aging, like the United States Council on Aging, there's a new initiative called the Dementia Friendly America Initiative. Really neat. Yeah, it's basically saying, look, we've got about one in eight people over 65 in the U.S. have dementia.
And there's a push that's going on now, I think in the last year or so, as part of the Council on Aging, like the United States Council on Aging, there's a new initiative called the Dementia Friendly America Initiative. Really neat. Yeah, it's basically saying, look, we've got about one in eight people over 65 in the U.S. have dementia.
We're about to have way more than that in the next couple decades. We need to be prepared for this kind of thing. So let's start training America how to recognize the signs of dementia and then how to react to it in a friendly and helpful manner so that people who are wandering around with dementia understand.
We're about to have way more than that in the next couple decades. We need to be prepared for this kind of thing. So let's start training America how to recognize the signs of dementia and then how to react to it in a friendly and helpful manner so that people who are wandering around with dementia understand.
We're about to have way more than that in the next couple decades. We need to be prepared for this kind of thing. So let's start training America how to recognize the signs of dementia and then how to react to it in a friendly and helpful manner so that people who are wandering around with dementia understand.
don't withdraw $80,000 from their bank account and walk around with it in their pockets outside.
don't withdraw $80,000 from their bank account and walk around with it in their pockets outside.
don't withdraw $80,000 from their bank account and walk around with it in their pockets outside.
Yeah, and how do you do that? You get some money from the government as a grant to go out and hire people to literally go to businesses and go to restaurants and talk to waiters and waitresses. Or should I just say waitrons? Sure. Go to banks and talk to tellers. Go to anywhere where there's interaction with another human. Grocery store, check out people.
Yeah, and how do you do that? You get some money from the government as a grant to go out and hire people to literally go to businesses and go to restaurants and talk to waiters and waitresses. Or should I just say waitrons? Sure. Go to banks and talk to tellers. Go to anywhere where there's interaction with another human. Grocery store, check out people.
Yeah, and how do you do that? You get some money from the government as a grant to go out and hire people to literally go to businesses and go to restaurants and talk to waiters and waitresses. Or should I just say waitrons? Sure. Go to banks and talk to tellers. Go to anywhere where there's interaction with another human. Grocery store, check out people.
And literally train them on, like you said, how to recognize it and