dc.creator | Jiménez Fernández, Daniel | |
dc.creator | Cancino Contreras, Francisca Lucía | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-21T20:32:07Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-27T19:26:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-21T20:32:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-27T19:26:54Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-12-21T20:32:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier | Frontiers in Public Health August 2021 Volume 9 Article 662364 | |
dc.identifier | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.662364 | |
dc.identifier | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/183338 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3310569 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 facing an increase in the number of people with
dementia. In this context, the Chilean government has launched a national strategy
that involves actions in the health and social care system, including the promotion
of DFC. From a multisectoral approach, social and environmental aspects involving
engagement with local communities and access to social connections and services are
directly related to urban policies. This perspective article focuses on urban aspects of
social housing policy, such as placement, networks, affordability and the relationship
between subsidy structure and adequate housing provision in a country with a qualitative
housing deficit of around 1,200,000 units and where a large proportion of people with
dementia and their families live in poverty. We identified several barriers to delivering
appropriate environments for people living with dementia in relation to a two-fold problem:
(a) the social housing subsidy displaces caregivers and/or older adults to satellite towns
where social connections and access to services and urban equipment are lost; and (b)
people resisting displacement live in overcrowded neighbourhoods where dementia is a
common problem. In both scenarios, a detrimental environment and social conditions
directly affect the quality of life of elderly people living with dementia and their caregivers. | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | |
dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | |
dc.source | Frontiers in Public Health | |
dc.subject | Dementia-friendly communities | |
dc.subject | Chile | |
dc.subject | Social housing | |
dc.subject | Dementia | |
dc.subject | Neighbourhood | |
dc.title | The social housing crisis and the barriers to developing dementia-friendly communities in Chile | |
dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |