Contreras de Lehr E C
Casa Hogar para Ancianos Arturo Mundet, Dif., Mexico, D. F.
Dan Med Bull. 1987 Oct;Suppl 5:40-4.
Accurate statistics are not available about the number of people in institutions for the aged in Mexico, but the majority are assumed to live with their family or on their own and to be integrated with the community. However, the increase of Mexico's aging population, from its present more than 4 million to 12 million people over 60 years of age in the year 2025, together with the decreased population growth rate (3.5% in the early seventies; approximately 2.5% currently, and 1% in the year 2000) will considerably increase the demand for health care and services for this sector of the population. Nursing Homes should be not only shelters, but should help to raise or maintain the quality for life of elderly people in all areas: physical, psychological, and social. In the near future, it will be necessary not only to build more homes for the aged, but to develop and implement other forms of care that will allow the elderly to remain integrated with the community. Through home care and substitute homes, families that take care of their elderly relatives can be helped; and direct assistance can be give to old people who wish to be independent.
目前尚无墨西哥养老院中老年人数量的准确统计数据，但多数人被认为与家人同住或独自生活，并融入社区。然而，墨西哥老年人口数量正在增加，从目前的400多万增加到2025年的1200万60岁以上人口，同时人口增长率下降（七十年代初为3.5%；目前约为2.5%，2000年为1%），这将大幅增加对该部分人口的医疗保健和服务需求。养老院不仅应成为庇护所，还应在身体、心理和社会等所有方面帮助提高或维持老年人的生活质量。在不久的将来，不仅有必要建造更多养老院，还需开发并实施其他护理形式，使老年人能够继续融入社区。通过居家护理和替代家庭，可以帮助照顾年迈亲属的家庭；还可以直接为希望独立生活的老年人提供帮助。
