The elderly with cognitive impairment can also have the dignity and happiness

In China, an elderly person goes missing every minute, 68.2% of them suffer from cognitive impairment, and the death rate is 10%. There are 50 million people with cognitive impairment in China.

The largest number of patients with cognitive impairment in the world come from China, but the rate of missed diagnosis in China is as high as more than 70%, 67% of elderly patients were diagnosed in the middle and late stage, most of the mild patients missed the best treatment period. Even if they were diagnosed, they did not get active and correct treatment.

We pay far less attention to older people with cognitive disabilities. It is commonly believed that this is a person who forgets things in old age, but it may be a precursor to cognitive impairment. There are also many families of patients in China have a strong sense of "stigma" and feel that it is a shame.

In 2019, a variety show featuring cognitively impaired elderly people opening a restaurant became the most acclaimed variety show in China. In this program, humanistic care and entertainment achieve a perfect combination. 

Since the first season, "Unforgettable Restaurant" has come with a strong public welfare and scientific popularization, the celebrities and the elderly people open restaurants together, the elderly people as the protagonist, the celebrities in the side to play auxiliary. This is the first time for a domestic program to present the status of the elderly with cognitive impairment and the corresponding treatment methods in an entertaining way to the audience, dissolve public stereotypes, and advocate early detection, early intervention, and early treatment.

In "Unforgettable Restaurant," these elderly waiters may serve the wrong dishes or forget to let customers pay, but they are meticulous about their work and sometimes bring you unexpected artistic performances.

After the broadcast of the first season of "Unforgettable Restaurant", there was feedback from netizens that the state of the sick elderly in the show was too good, and the actual cognitive impairment patients with Alzheimer's disease were enough to destroy a family.

The content of "Unforgettable Restaurant 2" will confront the elderly with serious illness and their families , and try to bring courage and hope to those who are in trouble in reality, as well as eliminate social stereotypes about the disease and the people who are affected. "Cognitive impairment is not shameful, it is not so terrible, and severely ill elderly people can also have the dignity and happiness."