Knowledge and barriers to implementing dementia risk reduction among older people and health professionals in community daycare centers
Jose M Aravena, Waldo Torres, Javiera Gallardo, Fernanda Sobarzo, Gillian Saavedra, Rocio Briceño, Camilo Miranda, Becca R Levy · 2025
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Jose Aravena and co-authors study dementia risk reduction in Chilean daycare centers in this 2025 paper. Cutting dementia risk needs action by both older adults and the staff who serve them. Most past work looked at only one of those levels.
Focus groups ran at ten community centers for older adults. In total, 115 patients and 51 health professionals joined nineteen groups. Older adults often called memory loss a normal part of aging. Many saw Alzheimer disease as the severe stage of dementia. Staff could name signs of dementia more clearly. Both groups agreed that doubt about memory loss breeds anxiety and isolation in older people.
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| CREATOR | Jose M Aravena, Waldo Torres, Javiera Gallardo, Fernanda Sobarzo, Gillian Saavedra, Rocio Briceño, Camilo Miranda, Becca R Levy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |