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Dementia care in India: a progress report
According to the 2001 census, India is home to more than 76 million people aged 60 years and over. This age-group, currently only 7.4% of the population, is expected to grow dramatically in the coming few decades. Analysis of the census data shows substantial variation in the rate of demographic age...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734703/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507862 |
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description | According to the 2001 census, India is home to more than 76 million people aged 60 years and over. This age-group, currently only 7.4% of the population, is expected to grow dramatically in the coming few decades. Analysis of the census data shows substantial variation in the rate of demographic ageing across India: at present, 10.5% of Kerala’s population is older than 60 years, while in Dadra and Nagarhaveli this proportion is only 4%. Regions with more favourable health indicators seem to be ageing faster and the demand for specialist services will soon be evident in such places. There is a growing realisation that the care of older people with disabilities makes enormous demands on their carers. Terms such as ‘dementia’ and ‘Alzheimer’s disease’ are now better understood. This was not the case when the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) initiated awareness programmes. However, dementia remains a largely hidden problem in those disadvantaged parts of India where poverty and illiteracy remain prevalent. |
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spelling | pubmed-67347032019-09-10 Dementia care in India: a progress report Shaji, K. S. Dias, Amit Int Psychiatry Thematic Papers–Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries According to the 2001 census, India is home to more than 76 million people aged 60 years and over. This age-group, currently only 7.4% of the population, is expected to grow dramatically in the coming few decades. Analysis of the census data shows substantial variation in the rate of demographic ageing across India: at present, 10.5% of Kerala’s population is older than 60 years, while in Dadra and Nagarhaveli this proportion is only 4%. Regions with more favourable health indicators seem to be ageing faster and the demand for specialist services will soon be evident in such places. There is a growing realisation that the care of older people with disabilities makes enormous demands on their carers. Terms such as ‘dementia’ and ‘Alzheimer’s disease’ are now better understood. This was not the case when the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) initiated awareness programmes. However, dementia remains a largely hidden problem in those disadvantaged parts of India where poverty and illiteracy remain prevalent. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2006-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734703/ /pubmed/31507862 Text en © 2006 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Thematic Papers–Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Shaji, K. S. Dias, Amit Dementia care in India: a progress report |
title | Dementia care in India: a progress report |
title_full | Dementia care in India: a progress report |
title_fullStr | Dementia care in India: a progress report |
title_full_unstemmed | Dementia care in India: a progress report |
title_short | Dementia care in India: a progress report |
title_sort | dementia care in india: a progress report |
topic | Thematic Papers–Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734703/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507862 |
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