Frequency of dementia and pre-dementia in elderly people requesting an Autonomy Adapted Assistance grant in the department of Nièvre

This study was carried out in the French county of Nièvre after the establishment of a new state funded grant for elderly people called the Autonomy Adapted Allocation. The study looks at the medical evaluations conducted in the homes of elderly people aged 60 and over who have submitted a request f...

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Published inSanté publique (Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France) Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 293
Main Authors Carrin-Maudet, C, Abidh, L, Ganier, M H, Schulz, T, Refait, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.06.2005
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Aged
Dementia - epidemiology
Dementia - psychology
Female
Financing, Government
France - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Personal Autonomy
France
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Summary:This study was carried out in the French county of Nièvre after the establishment of a new state funded grant for elderly people called the Autonomy Adapted Allocation. The study looks at the medical evaluations conducted in the homes of elderly people aged 60 and over who have submitted a request for this new grant (a total of 2388 requests were received). The study points to a high level of dependence within the target population of those who are "susceptible to dementia". It also demonstrated that the current scale used for identifying those who are susceptible to dementia is insufficient for its purpose in this case, and unfortunately it lacks the ability to include a portion of the population who should be considered as recipients of these funds. This gap corroborates the difficulty in fully appreciating and understanding the functional repercussions of dementia.
ISSN:0995-3914