Dementia and immigrant groups: a qualitative study of challenges related to identifying, assessing, and diagnosing dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Along with the ageing of the general population, Europe's migrant populations are also ageing, thus posing new challenges for dementia care services, particularly if the services are to be adjusted to persons with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. From the perspective of health professionals, this study aims to explore challenges involved in identifying, assessing and diagnosing people with cognitive impairment/dementia who have different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Methods

Research on health professionals experiences regarding the management of dementia among immigrants is scarce and qualitative methods was used to address the objective of the study. Using qualitative in-depth interviews and focus-group discussions, we sought to gather parti

SUBMITTER: Sagbakken M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267848 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature