Embracing Ambiguity and Uncertainty
A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Dementia Care in Latinx Communities
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6064166 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Juan F Flores-Vázquez (0000-0003-4619-6363, National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico City, Mexico, autor de correspondencia), Rodrigo Gómez-Martínez (0000-0003-3575-7970, National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico City, Mexico), Jordan F Karp (0000-0002-5171-5028, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA), Luis M F Gutiérrez-Robledo (National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico City, Mexico), Luis Miguel Gutiérrez‐Robledo (0000-0002-9728-6644) |
| Año | 2025 |
| Volumen | 47 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 12-26 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07399863241310475 |
| OpenAlex | W4406037516 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 41 |
Dementia in Latinx communities is increasingly prevalent and its approach is complicated by systemic and cultural barriers to care. In both Latin American countries and Latinx immigrant communities, limited healthcare access, structural barriers, and cultural misconceptions hinder timely diagnosis and treatment. Culturally sensitive care is essential in these contexts to ensure that patients and families are treated with dignity and compassion, addressing their unique challenges and perspectives on dementia. This paper discusses the philosophy of ambiguity and medical uncertainty to explore dementia’s complex realities, particularly in underserved Latinx populations. Clinically, this includes addressing the uncertainty in dementia diagnosis and prognosis in low- and middle-income countries, bridging knowledge gaps by building trust through culturally sensitive communication, and recognizing the impact of ambiguous loss of homeland for Latinx caregivers and patients. Additionally, the ambiguity of familism, with its mixed effects on caregiving roles and expectations, requires nuanced understanding. Embracing these ambiguities fosters a more compassionate, culturally sensitive approach to dementia care that goes beyond the biomedical model and acknowledges the complexities of living with dementia
Ambiguity · Compassion · Cultural diversity · Culturally sensitive · Dementia · Dignity · Health care · Immigration · Political science · Sociology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
Family Boundary Ambiguity
The Evolution of Medical Uncertainty
Family Boundary Ambiguity
Disrupting dehumanising and intersecting patterns of modernity with a relational ethic of caring
Current trends and challenges on dementia management and research in Latin America
Latinas and Intergenerational Caregiving
Lifelong Ambiguous Loss
Cross-National Analysis of the Associations Between Familism and Self-Efficacy in Family Caregivers of People With Dementia
Caring for Ethnic Older People Living with Dementia – Experiences of Nursing Staff
Locations of Remorse and Homelands of Resilience
Perez Ambiguous Loss of Homeland Scale
A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Latino Immigrant’s Ambiguous Loss of Homeland
Tolerance of uncertainty
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |