In accordance with to World Alzheimer Report 2019 on the attitudes towards dementia (ADI, 2019), in Mexico there are varied perceptions according to the profile of the participants, while 7.6% of healthcare practitioners agreed that people with dementia are perceived as dangerous, 41.2% of the general public agreed that people with dementia are perceived as dangerous. Moreover, 73% of them approved that people living with dementia are impulsive and unpredictable (ADI, 2019). This denotes a negative attitude among the general population. However, there is not enough evidence of changing perceptions.

References:

ADI. (2019). World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to dementia. https://www.alz.co.uk/research/WorldAlzheimerReport2019.pdf