Dementia caregiving across Latin America and the Caribbean and brain health diplomacy

Summary: The prevalence of dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean is growing rapidly, increasing the burden placed on caregivers. Exacerbated by fragile health-care systems, unstable economies, and extensive inequalities, caregiver burden in this region is among the highest in the world. We rev...

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Main Authors: Agustin Ibáñez, ProfPhD, Stefanie Danielle Pina-Escudero, MD, Katherine L Possin, PhD, Yakeel T Quiroz, PhD, Fernando Aguzzoli Peres, MS, Andrea Slachevsky, ProfPhD, Ana Luisa Sosa, ProfPhD, Sonia M D Brucki, ProfPhD, Bruce L Miller, ProfMD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:The Lancet. Healthy Longevity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666756821000313