Health and Social Care System Preparedness for Dementia Care in Mexico: Current Status and Recommendations to Achieve Optimal Care

• Published in: Dementia (London, England) Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 366 - 377
• Main Authors: López Ortega, Mariana, Astudillo García, Claudia I, Farrés, Rosa, Gutiérrez Robledo, Luis Miguel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-04-2024
• Subjects: Mexico; delivery of health care; health system reform; dementia care
• ISSN: 1471-3012; 1741-2684
• DOI: 10.1177/14713012231173806

In this article, we summarise the findings of the situational analysis of dementia care generated as part of the STRiDE: Strengthening responses to dementia care in developing countries project, including a desk review, a SWOT analysis and views from relevant stakeholders. In addition, the article incorporates the experience of 4 years of work within the STRiDE project of FEDMA, Mexico’s Federation of Alzheimer’s and other dementias and its allied Associations in presenting specific recommendations to optimise dementia care in the country. All the information gathered brings together a detailed understanding of the current dementia care systems of diagnosis, treatment, and support in general and what is lacking, allowing for the generation of general recommendations to enhance the isolated efforts currently available and amplify their impact, as well as strategies to generate new services currently unavailable, but urgently needed.