... reCognition, diagnosis and managementrevised January 30, 2008Diagnostic Code: 290ItisestimatedthatAD and relateddementiasaffect8% of Canadiansover the age of 65.Nationally,thistranslatestoapproximately420,000people.Pending a validateddementiaregistryinBritishColumbia,itisestimatedthatbetween51,000 and 64,000peoplearecurrentlyaffected,approximately41,000 of whomarefemale.Dementiaprevalenceispositivelycorrelatedwithage.Historically,2.4% of peopleage65to74,11.1% of peopleage75to84, and 34.5% of those85years and olderinCanadahavesomeform of dementia.Ostbye and Crosse(1994)estimated the totalannualnetcost of dementiainCanada(healthcare and paid/unpaidcaregiving)tobe$3.9billion.17Basedonthisstudy, the AlzheimerSociety of Canadarecentlyupdatedthisgureto$5.5billiontoreect2003dollars.18 The current and projectedburden of AD and relateddementiashasled the NationalAdvisoryCouncilonAging and the AlzheimerSociety of Canadatocallfor the development and implementation of a nationalstrategydealingwithdementia.Theirpositionpaperoutlines30recommendationswhichinclude ... diagnosis and managementrevised January 30, 2008Diagnostic Code: 290Memantine(Ebixa®):HealthCanadahasgrantedmemantine a Notice of Compliance with Conditions as monotherapy or as adjunctive ... past 12• Ask the patienttoplacehandson the clockshowing the timetobe10minutesafter11.Patientswith faulty conceptualization may be drawn to placing the hands at 10 and 11 rather...