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Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments of Dementia in Mexico

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

The increase of the elder population in Mexico has led to a growth in individuals with chronic diseases among which the dementias stand out. Approximately 800,000 people in Mexico have some form of dementia, a figure that will triple in the next 30 years. The accelerated process of aging of the population that has occurred in the past years has led to the need by the health system to prioritize the timely diagnosis of degenerative diseases including dementia, leaving the intervention in the background and oriented exclusively to the family as an instrument for the application of treatments. In a context of great social inequalities and economic constraints, the family must cope with the multiple manifestations of dementia related to the progressive deterioration of cognitive functions, within which the behavioral and psychiatric symptoms occupy a predominant place because of their negative effect on the patient’s health and on the mental health of the caregiver. The lack of access to nursing homes and related facilities, in-home registered nurses and home health aides, and other home- and community-based services in Mexico leaves the management of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia in the hands of families and caregivers who accomplish the caring process in highly disadvantaged contexts.

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© 2020 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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First Page

267

Last Page

280

Publication Title

Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World

DOI

10.1007/978-1-0716-0132-7_15

Academic Level

faculty

Mentor/PI Department

Neuroscience

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