This novel volume offers a comprehensive examination of dementia epidemiology, diagnosis, and care across lower- and middle-income countries, in particular exploring diverse and culturally inclusive perspectives on understanding, diagnosing, and managing dementia.
Arguing that living well with dementia, tailoring research and interventions to local contexts, and prioritising primary and secondary prevention efforts are of critical importance to the health outcomes of those living with dementia, this book goes beyond common approaches in high-health-resourced regions to explore health disparities, societal and cultural influences, and economic inequities often present in regions of low- to middle-health resources. Truly international chapters champion a pluralistic and multi-dimensional approach, taking diverse and culturally relevant aspects into consideration to review the challenges and advancements in dementia care; ultimately, the necessity for diverse and equitable approaches across regions is emphasized.
This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of Dementia research, gerontology and ageing within LMICs, and the sociology of health and illness more broadly as well as the global health ecosystem. The book may also appeal to clinicians developing dementia services.
Contents
Introduction
PART 1: Introduction to dementia in the majority world
Chapter 1: Epidemiology of dementia of the world’s ‘two thirds’
Chapter 2: Historical Development and Current Status of Longitudinal Studies of Ageing with Dementia Relevance in the Majority World: A Critical Overview
Chapter 3: Situational Analysis of Global Dementia Risk Scores per country by Geographical Subregions and Income Levels
PART 2: Diagnosis and evaluation of dementia
Chapter 4: Challenges to diagnosis of dementia: Exemplars from Pakistan and South Africa
Chapter 5: Cognitive Assessment Batteries for Dementia: Challenges and Innovations
PART 3: Interventions for dementia
Chapter 6: Preventing Dementia in Africa: Adapting the FINGER Model with Innovative and Sustainable Strategies for Aging Populations
Chapter 7: Drug interventions for cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of dementia
Chapter 8: Adapting and implementing non-pharmacological interventions for dementia
Chapter 9: Cognitive-oriented interventions to support dementia.
Chapter 10: ‘Arts in Health’ approaches to support dementia
PART 4: Care and Support for people with dementia
Chapter 11. Advocacy, third-sector support, and community activation
Chapter 12. Care Partners in The Dementia Journey
Chapter 13. Experiences from designing and implementing integrated health and social care systems for ageing
PART 5: Research, policy and education for dementia
Chapter 14. Clocks That Measure Worlds: Beyond symptoms and stigma through global lived realities in health economics and outcomes research
Chapter 15. Research capacity and capability development for dementia research in majority world settings
Chapter 16. Education and training to develop leaders in dementia and brain health.
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