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The impact of dementia on women internationally: an integrative review

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posted on 2016-08-31, 08:39 authored by Rosie Erol, Dawn Brooker, Elizabeth PeelElizabeth Peel
Women are disproportionately affected by dementia, both in terms of developing dementia and becoming caregivers. We conducted an integrative review of English language literature of the issues affecting women in relation to dementia from an international perspective. The majority of relevant studies were conducted in high income countries, and none were from low-income countries. The effects of caregiving on health, wellbeing and finances are greater for women; issues facing women, particularly in low and middle-income countries need to be better understood. Research should focus on building resilience to help people adjust and cope long term.

Funding

This research was supported by Red & Yellow Care and Women Against Alzheimer’s.

History

School

  • Social Sciences

Department

  • Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies

Published in

Health Care for Women International

Citation

EROL, R., BROOKER, D. and PEEL. E., 2016. The impact of dementia on women internationally: an integrative review. Health Care for Women International, 37 (12), pp.1320–1341

Publisher

© Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2016-07-24

Publication date

2016

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Health Care for Women International on 02 Aug 2016, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2016.1219357

ISSN

0739-9332

eISSN

1096-4665

Language

  • en