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JAIPUR: Sawai Man Singh Medical College to have a separate dementia clinic for treatment of Alzheimer's disease at its psychiatric centre in Adarsh Nagar which will be operational from Monday.Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Early identification of Alzheimer’s disease is crucial for better management,” said Dr Sunil Suthar, geriatric psychiatrist, department of psychiatry, SMS medical college However, doctors claimed that the risk of Alzheimer’s’ disease can be reduced. It is because of Alzheimer’s disease. It happens because of decline in memory especially because of ageing.”Dr Solanki said that the disease reduces person's ability to perform everyday activities which is not problematic for patient but it also disturbs life of other family members. “Since we see at least 20 dementia patients each day, we felt the need for setting up a separate clinic for its treatment for better care of such patients,” said Dr RK Solanki, superintendent, government-run psychiatric centre, Jaipur.Dr Solanki said, “We have seen patients who are wealthy and belongs to well off families having cars begging at neighbour’s door..