Overview
- SEN president Jesús Porta called for public authorities to adopt a comprehensive plan that prioritizes prevention over short campaigns.
- The society endorses The Mind Guardian app as an early screen for cognitive decline but says it is not a medical diagnosis and needs broader validation.
- Leaders at SEN plan to discuss larger studies and possible public-system integration of the app with Samsung after evidence is gathered.
- Spain has more than 800,000 people living with dementia, and neurologists expect numbers to rise mainly because the population is getting older.
- SEN urges structural steps that make healthy choices easier, such as low-cost gyms, cheaper healthy food, home cooking help for older adults, safer stoves, and stronger education.