Ageing Japan: Dementia puts financial assets of the elderly at risk
(WorldNews Japan)

Dementia has been diagnosed in more than 5 million Japanese. The government estimates that number will increase to 7 million to 8 million, or 6 to 7 percent of the total population, by 2030. Reuters @moneycontrolcom Yumiko Okubo, 71, had forgotten how to heat up food. `What`s a microwave?` she asked her husband, Eiichi. Yumiko was in the early stages of dementia, struggling with vocabulary and unable to teach the kimono-dressing classes she had run for 25 years. The difficulty with everyday tasks has made life challenging for her and Eiichi, who has been caring for her since 2008. related news ECB worries multiply even as money-printing presses stop China makes first big US soybean purchase...