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Contextual, Cultural, and Sociopolitical Issues in Caring for Latinxs with Dementia: When the Mind Forgets and the Heart Remembers

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Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World

Abstract

Latinxs in the USA continue to be disproportionately impacted by dementia. Despite its prevalence within the Latinx community, there is a dearth of literature that explicitly addresses the unique cultural ways in which patients and families of Latinx descent experience, describe, understand, and manage brain-related diseases such as dementia. This chapter provides a nuanced and complex understanding of the contextual and sociopolitical factors (e.g., racial biases, xenophobia, institutional barriers) that impact the care of Latinx patients and their families. The central elements that characterize the Latinx culture are described, followed by a section about within-group Latinx differences, which underscores the heterogeneity (e.g., nationality, immigration, race) that exists within this population. Systemic challenges and their impact on diagnosis and symptom management of dementia are provided. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion on how Latinx culture and context impacts the caregiving of Latinxs with dementia.

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    To include and center the broad range of gender identities present among individuals of Latin American descent, the term Latinx is used throughout the chapter.

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Chavez-Dueñas, N.Y., Adames, H.Y., Perez-Chavez, J.G., Smith, S.N. (2020). Contextual, Cultural, and Sociopolitical Issues in Caring for Latinxs with Dementia: When the Mind Forgets and the Heart Remembers. In: Adames, H., Tazeau, Y. (eds) Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0132-7_2

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