Caregiving and Cognitive Impairment in Mexico and the US

Chair(s)

• PC

  Phillip Cantu, PhD

  Postdoc
  Sealy Center on Aging
  The University of Texas Medical Branch
  Galveston, Texas, United States

  Slides

Co-Chair(s)

• SR

  Sunshine Rote, PhD

  Associate Professor and Interim Director of Research
  Kent School of Social Work
  University of Louisville
  Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Discussant(s)

• JG

  Joseph Gaugler, PhD

  Professor and Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging
  School of Public Health
  University of Minnesota
  Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

• PC

  Phillip Cantu, PhD

  Postdoc
  Sealy Center on Aging
  The University of Texas Medical Branch
  Galveston, Texas, United States

  Slides
• SR

  Sunshine Rote, PhD

  Associate Professor and Interim Director of Research
  Kent School of Social Work
  University of Louisville
  Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• ML

  Mariana López-Ortega, PhD

  Investigadora en Ciencias Médicas D
  Department of Epidemiologic and Socioeconomic Determinants of Ageing
  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
  Mexico CIty, Distrito Federal, Mexico
• JK

  Jiwon Kim, MA

  Educational Psychology
  University of Texas at Austin
  Austin, Texas, United States

Dementia is one of the most common causes of disability and dependence in the world. The growing dementia population in Mexico is exemplary of many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While the U.S. has a highly developed formal long-term care system, the use of institutional care among Latinos has been low. Mexico lacks a publicly financed long-term care system, and it does not have a national-level mandatory registry of institutions, compulsory standards of care, nor a regulatory body to oversee management, quality of care standards for services, or the accreditation and evaluation of service providers. There are no policies, public programs, or services to provide dependency care, including support for people living with dementia and their family caregivers. As in other LMIC’s, there is limited public support for the aging population in Mexico, leaving families with the main responsibility of providing care and economic security for older adults. “Informal” and family caregivers for older adults with cognitive impairment are critical components of how older adults with cognitive impairment are able to remain in the community. This symposium will reflect the broad spectrum of caregivers and care context in the U.S. and Mexico to shed light on sources of care for older adults living with cognitive impairment.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health of Spouses of Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Phillip A. Cantu, PhD – The University of Texas Medical Branch
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Mexican American Caregiver Health and Turnover: The Role of Stressors, Resources, and Background Factors
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Sunshine Rote, PhD – University of Louisville
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Pathways of Care: The Experience and Costs of Caring for Family Members Living With Dementia in Mexico
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Mariana López-Ortega, PhD – NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Longitudinal Change in Living Arrangements and Cognitive Impairment
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Jiwon Kim, MA – University of Texas at Austin