Prevalence of dementia in Ban Bang Khae social welfre development center for older persons

Abstract

          Dementia affects memory,  thoughts, behavior and ability to perform daily activities.   Additionally, the cost of caring for the elderly with demen tia is quite high as well as it also has an impact to caregiver’s health becau se the caregiver not only look after physical problems and disability but al so has to face with the emotional and behavioral problems in elderly with dementia. Consequently, this research focused on the prevalence of demen tia in the elderly to provide the information for planning the treatment.  to the next treatment plan.   This study aimed to explore the prevalence of de mentia among the elderly in the Center for Development of  Social Welfare for Elderly, Baan Bangkae.  Methods: Survey study of dementia was condu cted in participants who age more than 60 years old without communicati- on problems, visual problems and reading problems using Thai Mental Sta te Examination (TMSE-Thai 2002) .   Results: The number of elderly people who passed the screening criteria, was 86.  The elderly who had dementia, were 45.35%, the elderly who had no dementia, were 34.88%. And the elde rly who had the risk of dementia, were 19.77% .   In participants who were found to have dementia, were 71.89% female and 28.20% male.   Moreover, classified by age, participants who were over 80 years old have dementia 8 2.1%, aged 70-79 years with dementia  12.8% and age 60-69 years with dem entia 5.1%. Summary: The prevalence of dementia in Elderly who were liv ing in the Center for Development of Social Welfare for the Elderly, Baan B angkae Bangkok was 45.35%.