07.01.07. What are the links between primary care services, specialist care services and community/institutional care services supporting people with dementia? | Mexico
07.01.07. What are the links between primary care services, specialist care services and community/institutional care services supporting people with dementia? | Mexico
13 Jul 2022
There are no established links for dementia care, as no dementia diagnosis and management programs are in place. Given that health and social security institutions work using gatekeeping mechanisms where general practitioners or family doctors see all individuals first and then decide to send them to secondary or tertiary level services. This means that in some cases individuals will be referred to specialists if they are available, as very few positions of dementia specialists exist in health and social security institutions.