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MEDICC Review 2016; 18 (4)

Cuba’s Strategy for Alzheimer Disease and Dementia Syndromes

Bosch-Bayard RI, Llibre-Rodríguez JJ, Fernández-Seco A, Borrego-Calzadilla C, Carrasco-García MR, Zallas-Llerena T, Moreno-Carbonell C, Reymond-Vasconcelos AG

Language: English
References: 23
Page: 9-13
PDF size: 106.45 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Dementia is a great challenge to public health in Cuba due to its impact on society and families. Cuba’s National Intervention Strategy for Alzheimer Disease and Dementia Syndromes is designed to address this challenge. The Strategy includes working guidelines for primary and secondary care, education about rights of people with cognitive impairment, professional development, research, and health promotion and dementia prevention. An associated action plan, focused on primary care, includes proposals for creation of memory clinics, day centers and comprehensive rehabilitation services for cognitive stimulation. Short-term measures proposed include increasing early detection; creating a dementia morbidity and mortality registry; promoting professional training; providing support for families; and promoting basic and clinical research on dementia. Medium-term proposals aim to reduce dementia incidence and mortality by controlling risk factors and promoting healthy lifestyles, offering new treatment options and optimizing early detection. A set of indicators has been developed to evaluate strategy implementation. With this strategy, Cuba joins the small number of developing countries that have responded to WHO’s call to improve care for patients with dementia and alleviate its impact on society and families.


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