Former Prime Minister Lothar Späth ill with dementia

Former Prime Minister Lothar Späth fell ill with dementia
Around 1.5 million people in Germany suffer from dementia. Even the former Prime Minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Lothar Späth, according to a media report according to sick. The 78-year-old, who lives in a nursing home, is "unfortunately not well".
Every second German is afraid of dementia
Millions of Germans suffer from dementia. Nearly one and a half million people are affected in this country. According to estimates, the number of patients could even rise to three million by the year 2050, provided that no breakthrough in therapy succeeds. Some health experts fear that dementia could become the number one disease of the future. About every second in Germany is afraid of the disease. According to a recent newspaper report, it has now become known that Lothar Späth, the former CDU Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, is also suffering from dementia.

Suffering from dementia. Picture: Bildstoeckchen - fotolia

Patient hardly recognizes longtime companions
As the "Bild am Sonntag" ("BamS") reports, the 78-year-old is suffering from dementia and lives in a nursing home in the Stuttgart area. According to long-term friends who visit him regularly, his health had deteriorated very much. Günther Oettinger, EU Commissioner and also former CDU Prime Minister told the "BamS": "I visited Lothar Späth late last year in his nursing home in Greater Stuttgart." And further: "Unfortunately he recognizes longtime companions because of his severe dementia hardly again. A small circle of friends from Stuttgart also visits him regularly. We are very worried and think about him very often. "

"He is not feeling well"
The daughter Daniela Späth-Zöllner (44) explained in the "BamS" on the health of her father: "He is not doing well. He is housed in a nursing home and is well looked after. "Guido Wolf, leading CDU candidate for the state elections in Baden-Württemberg, said:" I am saddened that Lothar Späth can no longer be on our side as a counselor due to his serious illness. We miss him and we think about him. He's missing us. "(Ad)