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Dementia in Latin America: Epidemiological Evidence and Implications for Public Policy
(Frontiers media SA, 2017)
Population aging is among the most important global transformations. Today, 12% of the
world population is of age 60 and over and by the middle of this century this segment will
represent 21.5%. The increase in population ...
The social housing crisis and the barriers to developing dementia-friendly communities in Chile
(Frontiers Media, 2021)
Interaction with living place and neighbourhood is one of the cornerstones for creating
dementia-friendly communities (DFC). Chile has one of the largest proportions of older
adults in Latin America and is currently ...
Oral language in frontotemporal dementia. Clinical experience and review Lenguaje oral en demencias frontotemporales. Experiencia personal y revisión del tema
(2009)
Frontotemporal dementia has 3 variants: frontal or behavioral (VF), progressive non fluent aphasia (APnF) and semantic dementia (DS). This one frequently starts as a progressive fluent aphasia (APF). In a series of 40 ...
The Kintun program for families with dementia: From novel experiment to national policy (innovative practice)
(SAGE, 2020)
The Kintun program is the first public health strategy specifically designed for dementia care in Chile. It was launched in 2013 in the city of Santiago with support from the National Service for the Elderly and the ...
Towards community diagnosis of dementia: Testing cognitive impairment in older persons in Argentina, Chile and Cuba
(1996)
Extensive research into the risk factors associated with dementia, how best to diagnose this syndrome and how to help families care for dementia patients has not been undertaken in Latin American countries, where the family ...
Health conditions and unmet needs for assistance to perform activities of daily living among older adults with dementia in Chile
(Wiley, 2018-07)
ObjectiveThis study aims to address gaps in health conditions and unmet needs in daily activities between people with dementia (PWD) and without dementia in a developing country and to identify the variables associated ...
Biological basis for cerebral dysfunction in schizophrenia in contrast with Alzheimer's disease
(Frontiers Media, 2014)
Schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease are two disorders that, while conceptualized as
pathophysiologically and clinically distinct, cause substantial cognitive and behavioral
impairment worldwide, and target apparently ...
Alzheimer’s disease or behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia? Review of key points toward an accurate clinical and neuropsychological diagnosis
(IOS Press, 2020)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are the most common neurodegenerative early-onset dementias. Despite the fact that both conditions have a very distinctive clinical pattern, they present with an ...
Measuring change in perceived well-being of family caregivers: validation of the Spanish version of the Perceived Change Index (PCI-S) in Chilean dementia caregivers
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2018)
Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective: Few instruments evaluate family caregiver perceptions of challenges caring for persons with dementia and improvement or worsening in these areas. To address this measurement ...
Chilean version of the INECO Frontal Screening (IFS-Ch): Psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy Versão Chilena Do Rastreio Frontal Ineco: Propriedades Psicométricas E Utilidade Diagnóstica
(2013)
Objective: This study sought to analyze the psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the Chilean version of the INECO Frontal Screening (IFS-Ch) in a sample of dementia patients and control subjects. Methods: ...