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What role should websites play in dementia care in hospitals?
Author(s) -
Lie D.,
Austin S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.07.017
Subject(s) - dementia , intranet , delirium , psychological intervention , medicine , health care , nursing , psychology , psychiatry , world wide web , the internet , disease , pathology , computer science , economics , economic growth
Medical Research Council funded study involving w700 urban Aboriginal people aged 45 and older, examining dementia prevalence, social and biologic determinants of health, and dementia risk factors. Results: Aboriginal fertility is falling, survival is increasing, and absolute numbers of older people are rising as a result of recent improvements in Aboriginal health. This is occurring 50 years after the classic/Western epidemiologic transition to delayed chronic systemic diseases. A combination of persistent socioeconomic and educational disadvantages in childhood/early life and high chronic/vascular disease rates in mid-life is likely to accelerate the epidemiologic transition to neurodegenerative diseases as Aboriginal people age. Conclusions: Reducing the gap in Aboriginal health and life expectancy requires multiple interventions across the life cycle; particularly those aimed at parenting, growing young minds, improving opportunities for education and job training, and building human capital in Aboriginal people. This is in addition to the provision of equity in health, housing, and human rights.