Persons with dementia are mostly taken care of by family members at home. The only services in community-based settings are at referral county hospitals at the mental health clinics and delivered by mental health nurses or psychologists. This involves counseling services mainly to the caregiver on the best ways of taking care of their loved ones. Little emphasis is made on the care of the carers and to people with dementia unless they are able to engage in a conversation. The mental health workers receive the person at advanced stage making it difficult to speak directly with persons with dementia (Musyimi et al., 2019; Musyimi et al., 2021).

References:

Musyimi, C. W., Ndetei, D. M., Evans-Lacko, S., Oliveira, D., Mutunga, E., & Farina, N. (2021). Perceptions and experiences of dementia and its care in rural Kenya. Dementia.  https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012211014800

Musyimi, C., Mutunga, E., & Ndetei, D. (2019). Stigma and dementia care in Kenya: Strengthening Responses to Dementia in Developing Countries (STRiDE) Project. In World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to dementia (pp. 121–122). London, UK: Alzheimer’s Disease International. https://www.alzint.org/u/WorldAlzheimerReport2019.pdf