中风和痴呆,是老年人的两大祸患。特别是痴呆发病有增加的趋势。据最近有关数据显示,上海市330万老年人中,约有25万人患老年痴呆,其中每年走失的有1万多人。从我熟识的老同志中,患老年痴呆的有2人。一个是比我大2岁的老刘同志,他原是一位能“讲、写、做”的精明领导,步入70岁后开始痴呆,现在连妻子、儿子均不 Stroke and dementia are two scourges of the elderly. In particular, there is an increasing trend of dementia. According to recent statistics, about 250,000 of Shanghai’s 3.3 million elderly people are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, of which over 10,000 are lost every year. From the old comrades I know, there are 2 people suffering from dementia. One is older than me, 2-year-old Comrade Liu, who used to be a shrewd leader who can “tell, write, and do” and start to become dementia after age 70, and now he has no wife or son