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| Care arrangements for people with dementia in developing countries | | Corporate Author | 10/66 Dementia Research Group, Alzheimer Disease International (ADI) |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 2, February 2004 |
| Pages | pp 170-177 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Informal care ; Comparison ; Developing countries. |
| Annotation | Rapid demographic ageing will soon lead to large increases in the numbers of people with dementia in developing countries. This study is the first comprehensive assessment of care arrangements for people with dementia in these regions. In this pilot project, 706 people with dementia and their caregivers were interviewed in 10/66 centres in India, China and South East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa. Most caregivers were women, living with the person with dementia in extended family households, some including a child. Larger households were associated with lower caregiver strain, where the caregiver was co-resident. However, despite the traditional apparatus of family care, levels of caregiver strain were at least as high as in the developed world. Many had cut back on work to care, and faced the additional expense of paid carers and health services. Families from the poorest countries were particularly likely to have used expensive private medical services, and to be spending more than 10% of the per capita GNP on health care. These factors should be of concern for policymakers in developing countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040301218 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6: 48: 7B |
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