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Indicator name:
Dementia care: behaviour and psychological management in community, accessibility
Rationale:
The needs and preferences of people with dementia can be met and their autonomy from diagnosis to the end of life respected through integrated, culturally-appropriate, person-centred, community-based health, psycho-social, long-term care and support services and, where appropriate, the inputs of families and carers.
Definition:
Identifies the accessibility of the assessment and management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) for dementia in different locations including: capital only, main cities/capital only, main cities and rural areas. BPSD or neuropsychiatric symptoms are a heterogeneous group of non-cognitive symptoms and behaviours that may occur in individuals with dementia. They include symptoms such as agitation, aberrant motor behaviour, anxiety, elation, irritability, depression, apathy, disinhibition, delusions, hallucinations, and sleep or appetite changes
Method of estimation:
Inventory of currently implemented and available services and supports for people with dementia provided by the national authority's response
IMRID:
5096
Indicator Metadata Registry List
Accessibility of behaviour and psychological management in community for dementia [Capital/capital and main cities/capital, main cities, rural areas]
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