A Three-Pronged Approach to the Care of Elders with Alzheimer’s Disease

摘要

The prevalence of dementia is rising as China experiences an accelerated rate of population aging. While developed countries in the West have formed relatively consumer-based long-term care models for senile dementia patients, China remains in the exploratory phase in forming a long-term care model based on its own culture. We argue that China should build an indigenous “family-based, community-oriented, and social worker-supported” (three-pronged) dementia care model.