In 2011, the National Institute of Geriatrics (INGer) was instructed by the Minister of Health to create an action plan on AD and other dementias and with this, INGER brought together the efforts of different researchers, National Institutes, and NGOs going back at least 20 years into the planning and publication of the National Plan in 2012. Some of the main stakeholders participating in the design and publication of the Plan were the Mexican Alzheimer’s Federation, FEDMA, the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, the National Institute of Public Health, and the National Institute of Elderly People, INAPAM. The main objective of the National Plan is: “To promote the well-being of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related diseases, and their families, by strengthening the response of the Mexican Health System, in synergy with all responsible institutions”. It is a plan that aims at setting out a strategy to achieve awareness of the problem, de-stigmatise AD and dementia, promote adequate care of older adults with dementia and to generate actions to prevent the disease. Specifically, in the population of older adults with dementia, it aims to: decrease comorbidities, increase functionality, decrease behavioural problems, prevent accidents, improve quality of life, and decrease caregiver stress (Gutiérrez-Robledo & Arrieta-Cruz, 2014).

References:

Gutiérrez-Robledo, L., & Arrieta-Cruz, I. (2014). Plan de Acción Alzheimer y otras demencias, México 2014. http://diariote.mx/docs/plan_alzheimer_WEB.pdf