The More Patients Treated in Asia Alzheimer Europe

With a third of the cost of maintenance costs in Europe, more and more families are taking a heavy decision to send their family members who suffer from Alzheimer's to be treated in Asia.

 The number of people with Alzheimer's in western countries continue to increase and the cost of treatment is also more expensive . The number of qualified nurses and care facilities are not able to follow .


Asian countries offer cheaper treatments , and many say , with more attention to those with memory loss .
This trend is alarming some experts say , people with Alzheimer's should be close to home or feel more anxious and do not know where . But there is also assessing the quality of care is more important than location .
German media calls this practice as ' export grandmothers . '
Alzheimer's patients in Germany had been sent to the eastern part of Europe , Spain , Greece and Ukraine . Patients are now starting to go from Switzerland , who was ranked one of the health care of elderly residents in an index compiled HelpAge International and the United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) .
Philippines offers health care for Americans between 1500-3500 dollars per month . This is definitely cheaper than Dollars 6,900 which, according to American Elderly Care Research Organisation ( AECRO ) is the monthly bill for a private room in a facility with qualified nurses in the land of Uncle Sam .

Medical tourism continues to soar
In Chiang Mai , there Baan Kamlangchay , a facility located in the center of the Thai community . The patient was taken to the local markets , temples and restaurants . Each patient had three nurses who work 24 hours a day . It costs 3,800 dollars per month .
On the other facilities in Doi Saket , patients called ' guests ' can enjoy a massage room and beauty salon , bakery and Switzerland pavilions with high ceilings bathed in sunlight from the skylight . All this is hard to find in a health care facility in Europe .
Similar facilities are being prepared , while Thailand 's ambition to become the number one medical tourism .
For comparison , a certified nurse in Thailand earns less than 700 dollars per month , while in Switzerland 7000 Dollars . Moreover in many treatment centers in Switzerland , one nurse responsible for 10 patients .
Care in Doi Saket costs 6,000 dollars per month , less than the pension fund acquired mid-level employees in Switzerland .

Cheaper Care
The number of people aged over 60 years worldwide is expected to triple between 2000 and 2050 to two billion people , according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) . And more and more are choosing to retire in countries that are not too expensive .
According to Patients Without Borders , approximately 8 million people per year seek medical care abroad .
Alzheimer's Disease International ( ADI ) states there are more than 44 million Alzheimer's patients in the world , and the figure is predicted to increase three -fold to 135 million by 2050 . ADI estimates that in the United States alone , the disease cost 203 billion dollars during the year 2013 and will increase to 1.2 trillion dollars by 2050.

Received more attention
On the edge of the pool Baan Kamlangchay , Madeleine Buchmeier busy taking photos and laughing at the sight of her husband joked like a small child with a nurse .
" It's a miracle , " he said . Geri used to love banging my head against the wall at the treatment facility in Switzerland , she recalls , " as if he wanted to do something , wanted to go somewhere . "
Buchmeier Madeleine husband immediately sunk so get into the water . However, in the 3 weeks since they arrived in Chiang Mai , her husband began to calm and able to swim again , while the drugs further reduced .
Not far , Manfred Schlaupitz , a former engineer Daimler - Benz , sit back in a rocking chair while stuffed sheep . Nurse , Kanokkan Tasa , sitting on the grass while massaging and tickling her chin Schlaupitz feet . Tasa has treated Schlaupitz for 6 years , 8 hours a day .
" If you see it as a job , certainly very difficult , " he said , " but if it comes from the heart , it becomes easy . "