World Alzheimer's Day is commemorated by the Czech Alzheimer Society (ČALS) during the so-called “Memory Week”. This year, ČALS organised traditional events during this period: a mobile counselling centre at the Westfield Chodov shopping centre and a memory testing session at the Czech Radio station. Both events were successful. Almost 1,000 people stopped by the mobile counselling spot in the shopping centre over three days, and ČALS provided more than a quarter of the visitors with in-depth counselling. At the radio station, they tested the memory and other cognitive functions of 75 people. 13 of them, whose tests detected depression or anxiety, or who showed measurable memory problems, were referred to a specialist. According to updated prevalence estimates, which ČALS updates annually according to Alzheimer Europe's methodology and publishes in its annual report, 171,000 people in the Czech Republic are living with some form of dementia. Three quarters of them are being treated.
