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There are currently more than 55 million people worldwide living with dementia, and this number is projected to double every 20 years.
Dementia is a multifaced and multifactorial condition, and the PrOVIDe study (Bowen et al.) showed that about one-third of people affected have visual acuity lower than 20/50, which makes it difficult for them to process information visually. For some patients, spectacles can help, but in the majority of cases, the cause of reduced vision is untreated