Posts Tagged ‘Social disadvantage’

Poverty is raising dementia rates

Monday, September 9th, 2024
Dementia

Dementia and poverty go together. So researchers say in the latest Briefing from the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington. They say the risk of developing dementia is 60 per cent higher for people living in New Zealand’s most deprived areas compared to those in the least deprived. Right now, our Read more