2024
Association between experiencing low healthcare quality and developing dementia
Aravena J, Chen X, Levy B. Association between experiencing low healthcare quality and developing dementia. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 2126-2132. PMID: 38415796, PMCID: PMC11226361, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with increased dementia riskHealthcare qualityDementia riskHealthcare discriminationAssociated with greater dementia riskHazard ratioHealth and Retirement StudyDeterminants of dementiaCases of dementiaDementia prevalenceReducing dementiaPhysician diagnosisRetirement StudyHealthcare servicesOlder personsOlder adultsSocioeconomic factorsDementiaHealthcareImplement structural changesCognitive scoresCox regressionParticipantsHealthIndividual-level behavior
2021
Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Family Caregivers of People Living With Dementia in Latin-America: A Scoping Review
Aravena JM, Gajardo J, Saguez R, Hinton L, Gitlin LN. Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Family Caregivers of People Living With Dementia in Latin-America: A Scoping Review. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2021, 30: 859-877. PMID: 34848116, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.10.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComparison trialNon-pharmacologic interventionsPre-post trialResults of RCTsCaregivers of peopleHalf of interventionsQuality of lifeLATAM countriesCognitive behavioral copingNonpharmacological intervention studiesNonpharmacologic interventionsPostintervention analysisCaregiver depressionCaregiver outcomesClinical trialsFamily burdenOutcome characteristicsDisease educationYears of educationFamily caregiversMulticomponent interventionDementia prevalenceIntervention studiesPsychosocial supportVulnerable caregivers