Berlin/Düsseldorf (dpa) – round 900 000 people in Germany are ill according to the Ministry of the family of Alzheimer’s. The total number of people with a pathologically reduced memory performance (dementia) is about 1.5 million. The main burden lies still with carers, said Sabine Jansen of the Deutsche Alzheimer Society on Thursday in Berlin. On the occasion of the World Alzheimer’s day this Friday, associations demanded therefore more aid for sufferers and their families. “Dementia are the diseases of the future.” “That our society has to adapt”, said federal family Minister Christine Bergmann (SPD). “This means that we are still more broadly to inform of dementia.” The relatives and the nursing staff deserved more support. First port of call on the suspicion of a disease that starts with errors of short-term memory or orientation weaknesses, should be the familiar family doctor, said Martin main Düsseldorf University Hospital for Psychiatry and psychotherapy. But only a specialist can exactly determine the cause of the problems. The cause of Alzheimer’s disease, in which protein deposits form in the brain is still unknown. Discussed will including a genetic predisposition. Main stressed as possible early detection play an important role, in the treatment with medications. Thanks to new drugs treatment of still incurable Alzheimer’s disease have improved in recent years significantly. On average a year, sometimes much longer, the progression of symptoms will stopped it. “When an old man”Regularly important events forgets, then this is an alert”, emphasized core.” Fortunately, the vast majority of also the elderly suffer but not under Alzheimer’s still another form of dementia. Slowing age-related “down information processing” is more often.(pd)