With the progressive ageing of the general population, we are faced with a worrying scenario of an increase in the prevalence of cognitive disorders and dementia of a neurodegenerative nature in the near future. For this reason, the European Academy of Neurology has recently launched a global initiative (Brain Health) to promote brain health with the aim of preventing dementia.
In this context, the IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation - University of Milan-Bicocca is launching a new outpatient clinic dedicated to subjective cognitive decline (SCD). Subjective cognitive decline is a condition, very common after the age of 55-60, in which the person feels that his or her cognitive performance (often in the area of memory, but not only) has deteriorated compared to a previous state, while neuropsychological tests do not show significant differences with respect to what is expected for the age and schooling. Basically, this is a condition in which the person is healthy, but which can be an alarm bell, because in some cases it can be the telltale sign of a pathological process for which our tests are not yet sensitive enough.
Access to this outpatient clinic will only be possible after an initial assessment by the UVA (Unità Valutativa Alzheimer) del Centro per i Disturbi Cognitivi e le Demenze (CDCD), which has been operating at the San Gerardo Neurology Clinic for some time.