[Prevalence of Dementia Patients Diagnosis of Elderly Home Care in Zaragoza: Pilot Study].

Introduction: The process of biological aging of people is irreversible, and starts virtually from birth. Health and social advances have made life expectancy increases exponentially, making the syndromes associated with aging become one of the main problems of the XXI century. Neurodegenerative diseases are the paradigm of chronic disabling disease. People with dementia are often the most regular users in the elderly care homes. They also suffer significant alterations in cognitive functions, and may have the so-called physiological and behavioural symptoms of dementia (BPSD).

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of diagnosis of dementia in the population of a nursing home and how many users present undiagnosed cognitive impairment.

Conclusions: There are a significant percentage of users who have cognitive impairment in diagnostic tests without being diagnosed with dementia.