Share on

Migration and dementia in Europe: towards a culturally competent approach and provision of care

Authors

References

  1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. International Migration 2019: Report (ST/ESA/SER.A/438) [Internet]. 2019. Available from: https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/publications/migrationreport/docs/InternationalMigration2019_Report.pdf
  2. Abubakar I, Aldridge RW, Devakumar D, Orcutt M, Burns R, Barreto ML, et al. The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move. Lancet. 2018;392(10164):2606–54. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32114-7.
  3. WHO Regional Office for Europe. Health of older refugees and migrants. 2018. Available from: http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/health-of-older-refugees-and-migrants-2018
  4. Canevelli M, Lacorte E, Cova I, Zaccaria V, Valletta M, Raganato R, et al. Estimating dementia cases amongst migrants living in Europe. Eur J Neurol. 2019;26(9):1191–9. doi: 10.1111/ene.13964.
  5. Moon H, Badana ANS, Hwang S-Y, Sears JS, Haley WE. Dementia Prevalence in Older Adults: Variation by Race/Ethnicity and Immigrant Status. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019;27(3):241–50. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2018.11.003.
  6. Selten J-P, Termorshuizen F, van Sonsbeek M, Bogers J, Schmand B. Migration and dementia: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies in Europe. Psychol Med. 2020; In Press. doi: 10.1017/S0033291720000586.
  7. Lang L, Clifford A, Wei L, Zhang D, Leung D, Augustine G, et al. Prevalence and determinants of undetected dementia in the community: a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2017;7(2):e011146. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011146.
  8. Mukadam N, Cooper C, Livingston G. A systematic review of ethnicity and pathways to care in dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011;26(1):12–20. doi: 10.1002/gps.2484.
  9. Stevnsborg L, Jensen-Dahm C, Nielsen TR, Gasse C, Waldemar G. Inequalities in Access to Treatment and Care for Patients with Dementia and Immigrant Background: A Danish Nationwide Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016;54(2):505–14. doi: 10.3233/JAD-160124.
  10. Wändell P, Carlsson AC, Li X, Gasevic D, Sundquist J, Sundquist K. Dementia in immigrant groups: A cohort study of all adults 45 years of age and older in Sweden. Arch Gerontol Geriat. 2019;82:251–8. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2019.03.003.
  11. Milani SA, Marsiske M, Cottler LB, Chen X, Striley CW. Optimal cutoffs for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment vary by race and ethnicity. Alzheimers Dement. 2018;10:773–81. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2018.09.003.
  12. Ranson JM, Langa KM, Llewellyn DJ. Predictors of dementia misclassification when using brief cognitive assessments. Neurol Clin Pract. 2019;9(2):109-117. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000566.
  13. Nielsen TR, Andersen BB, Gottrup H, Lützhøft JH, Høgh P, Waldemar G. Validation of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for multicultural screening in Danish memory clinics. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2013;36(5–6):354–62. doi: 10.1159/000354375.
  14. Nielsen TR, Segers K, Vanderaspoilden V, Beinhoff U, Minthon L, Pissiota A, et al. Validation of a European Cross-Cultural Neuropsychological Test Battery (CNTB) for evaluation of dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019;34(1):144–52. doi: 10.1002/gps.5002.
  15. Nielsen TR, Vogel A, Riepe MW, de Mendonça A, Rodriguez G, Nobili F, et al. Assessment of dementia in ethnic minority patients in Europe: a European Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium survey. Int Psychogeriatr. 2011;23(1):86–95. doi: 10.1017/S1041610210000955.
  16. Canevelli M, Lacorte E, Cova I, Cascini S, Bargagli AM, Angelici L, et al. Dementia among migrants and ethnic minorities in Italy: rationale and study protocol of the ImmiDem project. BMJ Open. 2020;10(1):e032765. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032765.
  17. Cooper C, Tandy AR, Balamurali TBS, Livingston G. A systematic review and meta-analysis of ethnic differences in use of dementia treatment, care, and research. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010;18(3):193–203. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181bf9caf.
  18. Rizzuto D, Feldman AL, Karlsson IK, Dahl Aslan AK, Gatz M, Pedersen NL. Detection of Dementia Cases in Two Swedish Health Registers: A Validation Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;61(4):1301–10. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170572.
  19. Yaffe K, Falvey C, Harris TB, Newman A, Satterfield S, Koster A, et al. Effect of socioeconomic disparities on incidence of dementia among biracial older adults: prospective study. BMJ. 2013;347:f7051. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7051.
  20. Albert SM. Immigration: A Modifier of Dementia Risk in Old Age? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019;27(3):251–3. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2018.12.014.

Downloads

Authors

Marco Canevelli

Nicola Vanacore

How to Cite
Canevelli, M., & Vanacore, N. (2020). Migration and dementia in Europe: towards a culturally competent approach and provision of care. Annali dell’Istituto Superiore Di Sanità, 56(3), 260–262. Retrieved from https://annali.iss.it/index.php/anna/article/view/1061
  • Abstract viewed - 269 times
  • PDF downloaded - 176 times