Editorial: Methods in artificial intelligence for dementia 2024

Dementia refers to a group of neurodegenerative diseases that cause a gradual decline in cognitive functions, affecting memory, thinking, decision-making, language, and motor skills. These symptoms worsen over time, impacting both patients and their caregivers (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). The main causes of dementia include Alzheimer's Disease (which accounts for about 50% of cases), cerebrovascular disease (25%), Lewy body disease (15%), and other conditions like Parkinson's and frontotemporal dementia (5%) (Burns and Iliffe, 2009). The risk of developing dementia increases with age, and as the population of older adults is projected to grow significantly by 2050, the societal impact of dementia care is expected to rise (World Health Organization, 2013).