ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2024
A new model to understand the complexity of inequalities in dementia.
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- The Experience of Stigma Within the Young Onset Dementia (YOD) Population: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Pooled it
- General Dementia Training for the Social Care Workforce: A Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to accessing and engaging with arts-based non-pharmacological interventions for people living with dementia: A systematic review.Dementia (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Associations of objective and perceived social status with well-being in dyads of people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Commonalities and Divergences in the Cognitive Profiles of Autism and Dementia: Protocol for a Narrative Literature Review.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Parkinson's disease dementia and hearing impairment, are they related? A UK biobank pilot analysis.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- How does diagnostic subtype affect the quality of primary care for people with dementia? A retrospective cohort study in 1490 English general practices.Age and ageing · 2026Article
- Research on dementia and inequalities in care and support - a map of the terrain and discussion of key issues.International journal for equity in health · 2026Review
- Ageing, Wealth, and Diet: A Global Cross-National Analysis of Cereal Consumption and Dementia Risk.Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders · 2026Article
- Finding Solutions to Addressing Inequalities in Dementia Diagnosis and Care: Recommendations From a Country-Wide Consultation.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2026Article
- Dementia inclusive retail outlets: a scoping review of strategies to support people living with dementia in the retail industry.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Review
- The growing potential for multidisciplinary support and technology to enhance person-centred dementia care: a UK and US perspective.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Article
- Measuring and decomposing inequalities in intrinsic capacity among older adults in china: from an urban-rural divide perspective.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Effective for Whom? A Review of Psychological and Social Intervention Recommendations in European Dementia Care Guidelines Through the Lenses of Social Health and Intersectionality.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- From inclusion to empowerment: advancing equity through co-research with people living with dementia.Frontiers in dementia · 2025Article
- Internal Facilitation by Health Assistants for the "WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care" in Rural Uganda: A Formative Evaluation.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Online peer support for Young Onset Dementia is a promising resource, but not a panacea: a commentary from the INTERDEM Young Onset Dementia taskforce.Frontiers in dementia · 2025Article
- The impact of game play on dementia knowledge: A student evaluation of the Dementia Inequalities Game.Dementia (London, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Many people living with dementia and unpaid carers experience inequalities in care related to challenges in receiving a correct diagnosis, care and support. Whilst complexities of the evidence are well recognised including barriers in receiving a diagnosis or post-diagnostic care, no coherent model has captured the far-reaching types and levels of inequalities to date. Building on the established Dahlgren & Whitehead Rainbow model of health determinants, this paper introduces the new Dementia Inequalities model. The Dementia Inequalities model, similar to the original general rainbow model, categorises determinants of health and well-being in dementia into three layers: (1) Individual; (2) Social and community networks; and (3) Society and infrastructure. Each layer comprises of general determinants, which have been identified in the original model but also may be different in dementia, such as age (specifically referring to young- versus late-onset dementia) and ethnicity, as well as new dementia-specific determinants, such as rare dementia subtype, having an unpaid carer, and knowledge about dementia in the health and social care workforce. Each layer and its individual determinants are discussed referring to existing research and evidence syntheses in the field, arguing for the need of this new model. A total of 48 people with lived, caring, and professional experiences of dementia have been consulted in the process of the development of this model. The Dementia Inequalities model provides a coherent, evidence-based overview of inequalities in dementia diagnosis and care and can be used in health and social care, as well as in commissioning of care services, to support people living with dementia and their unpaid carers better and try and create more equity in diagnosis and care.
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