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Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China
In China, the ageing population and the prevalence of dementia are projected to escalate significantly by 2050 resulting in a substantial increase in health and economic burden on caregivers, healthcare facilities, healthcare providers and communities. There is no published national dementia policy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32161075 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-232115 |
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author | Quail, Zara Wei, Angelina Zhang, Vicky Fan Carter, Mark McLean |
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description | In China, the ageing population and the prevalence of dementia are projected to escalate significantly by 2050 resulting in a substantial increase in health and economic burden on caregivers, healthcare facilities, healthcare providers and communities. There is no published national dementia policy or strategy in China. This case report describes significant barriers contributing to diagnostic problems and inadequate care of dementia through the case of an older female in rural China, whose condition deteriorated due to neuropsychiatric and functional symptoms of undiagnosed dementia. Intersectoral collaboration between care organisations facilitated delivery of a non-pharmacological intervention programme which was associated with improvements in the patient’s functional and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The case demonstrates that recruitment and training of a wider range of health and care professionals and caregivers in a systematic approach to non-pharmacological interventions could help overcome barriers to the specialised care needs of people with dementia where resources are lacking. |
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spelling | pubmed-70666312020-03-20 Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China Quail, Zara Wei, Angelina Zhang, Vicky Fan Carter, Mark McLean BMJ Case Rep Global Health In China, the ageing population and the prevalence of dementia are projected to escalate significantly by 2050 resulting in a substantial increase in health and economic burden on caregivers, healthcare facilities, healthcare providers and communities. There is no published national dementia policy or strategy in China. This case report describes significant barriers contributing to diagnostic problems and inadequate care of dementia through the case of an older female in rural China, whose condition deteriorated due to neuropsychiatric and functional symptoms of undiagnosed dementia. Intersectoral collaboration between care organisations facilitated delivery of a non-pharmacological intervention programme which was associated with improvements in the patient’s functional and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The case demonstrates that recruitment and training of a wider range of health and care professionals and caregivers in a systematic approach to non-pharmacological interventions could help overcome barriers to the specialised care needs of people with dementia where resources are lacking. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7066631/ /pubmed/32161075 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-232115 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Global Health Quail, Zara Wei, Angelina Zhang, Vicky Fan Carter, Mark McLean Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China |
title | Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China |
title_full | Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China |
title_fullStr | Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China |
title_short | Barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in China |
title_sort | barriers to dementia diagnosis and care in china |
topic | Global Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32161075 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-232115 |
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