CRE Alzheimer
Salamanca

• Videoteca
• Videoteca, Conferencias

Pablo Martínez-Lage

Global Summit Alzheimer

• Demencias

Vídeo de la conferencia del neurólogo Pablo Martínez-Lage (Fundación CITA), titulada «A current look at dementias in Spain», que tuvo lugar en las instalaciones de la Fundación Champalimaud durante el Global Summit Alzheimer's Research & Care Lisbon 2017.

En esta ponencia se exponen los resultados del trabajo desarrollado por el Grupo Estatal de Demencias en los últimos dos años, junto con otras iniciativas como el proyecto kNow Alzheimer y el Estudio MapEA que describen la situación actual de la demencia en España. La presentación proporciona nuevos datos sobre la epidemiología de la demencia y el deterioro cognitivo leve en España.

Spain is very close to present its National Alzheimer Plan. The National Reference Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias created and kicked-off the National Dementia Study Group that joined the efforts of all agents involved in the care and attention to persons with dementia in the country.

This presentation will review the results of the work developed by this National Dementia Study Group in the last two years together with other initiatives such us the kNow Alzheimer project and the MapEA Study to describe the current situation of dementia in Spain. The presentation will review and provide new data on the epidemiology of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Spain. Special attention will be paid to the situation of undiagnosed dementia and delayed diagnosis and their potential sources and areas of improvement. Similarly, the problem of diagnosed but still untreated patients as well as the limited access to non-pharmacological therapies will be discussed. Other important aspects where significant targets of improvement have been detected and will be commented include aspects of diagnosis communication, extent of information and advice that patients and caregivers receive at the time of diagnosis, management of behavioural and psychological symptoms, coordination of social and sanitary resources or end-of-life decisions.

Finally, Spain is a fairly active country regarding research activities in areas such as epidemiology, genetics, early diagnosis, biomarkers, clinical trials or brain-banks. Different activities oriented towards the promotion and implementation of primary and secondary prevention of dementia strategies are also starting..