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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 ...
Incidence of dementia and cause of death in elderly Japanese emigrants to Brazil before World War II
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2011)
In 1997 we examined the prevalence of dementia among the Japanese elderly immigrants living in the Sao Paulo metropolitan area (n = 166). Herein, we followed up on these subjects for causes of death and dementia incidence. ...
Identification of dementia cases in the community: A Brazilian experience
(Blackwell Publishing, 2005-10-01)
OBJECTIVES: To describe the application in Brazil of a simple, low-cost procedure, developed in India by the 10/66 Dementia Research Group, for the identification of dementia cases in the community.DESIGN: Community-based ...
Validade da versão em português da Clinical Dementia Rating
(Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 2005-12-01)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the validity of the Portuguese version of the Clinical Dementia Rating for classifying the cognitive function among the elderly. METHODS: The Mini Mental State Examination was utilized as a screening ...
Estimate of Dementia Prevalence in a Community Sample from Sao Paulo, Brazil
(KARGER, 2008)
Aims: To estimate dementia prevalence and describe the etiology of dementia in a community sample from the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Methods: A sample of subjects older than 60 years was screened for dementia in the first ...
The huge burden of dementia in Latin America
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2016-01)
As mentioned in your Editorial,1 dementia is having a huge social and economic eff ect in Latin American countries. The prevalence of dementia in people aged 65 years and older is about 7·1%.2 As the population continues ...
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 ...
Consensus Statement of the International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia Related to Nomenclature
(Amer Assoc Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, 2017-10-01)
A working group of the 2016 International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia was charged to examine the terminology used to define and report on dementia in publications related to intellectual disability (ID). ...
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 ...