Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America : A Decadal Survey of the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America A Decadal Survey of the Behavioral and Social Sciences

"As the largest generation in U.S. history - the population born in the two decades immediately following World War II - enters the age of risk for cognitive impairment, growing numbers of people will experience dementia (including Alzheimer's disease and related dementias). By one estimat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (-)
Otros Autores: Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Dementias, Committee on the Decadal Survey of Behavioral and Social Science Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2021.
Materias:
Dementia > Diagnosis.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009646424506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • FrontMatter
  • About the Cover
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Prevention and Protective Factors
  • 3 Improving Outcomes for Individuals Living with Dementia
  • 4 Caregivers: Diversity in Demographics, Capacities, and Needs
  • 5 The Role of the Community
  • 6 Health Care, Long-Term Care, and End-of-Life Care
  • 7 Economic Costs of Dementia
  • 8 Strengthening Data Collection and Research Methodology
  • 9 Ten-Year Research Priorities
  • Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee and Advisory Panel Members
  • Appendix B: The Paid Health Care Workforce
  • Appendix C: Synthesis of Reviews of Nonpharmacologic Interventions
  • Appendix D: Complete Research Agenda.

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