Articles

Nutrition, Hydration and Healthy Aging in Mexico
Nutrition in later life is shaped by much more than food choice. Chronic disease, medication, oral health, mobility, income, isolation, family support and access to appropriate food can all influence whether an older person eats and drinks well. This article examines nutrition and hydration in Mexico as questions of healthy aging, functional independence and long-term care, and considers how assessment, community support, workforce practice and stronger governance can prevent avoidable decline. Read more...
Medication Management and Polypharmacy in Mexico’s Older Population
Medicines are central to managing chronic disease in later life, but multiple prescriptions, self-medication and fragmented clinical oversight can create new risks for older people. This article examines medication management and polypharmacy in Mexico, including prescribing, reconciliation, adherence, family support, home-based care, digital records and pharmacovigilance, and considers how safer medication systems can protect health without allowing treatment burden to undermine independence and quality of life. Read more...
Preventing Falls and Maintaining Mobility Among Older People in Mexico
Falls can turn a manageable change in strength, balance or mobility into injury, hospitalization, disability and long-term dependence. In Mexico, effective prevention requires more than safer homes: it depends on earlier assessment, physical activity, medication review, vision and hearing support, rehabilitation, accessible environments and coordinated follow-up. This article examines how Mexico can connect these elements while preserving mobility, confidence and independence rather than responding to risk through unnecessary restriction. Read more...
Disability, Aging and Long-Term Support in Mexico: Building More Inclusive Care Systems
Disability and aging increasingly intersect in Mexico, but support needs do not fit neatly into separate disability, health and older-person systems. This article examines how rights, functional need, rehabilitation, personal assistance, accessible community services, income support, family caregiving and the emerging National and Progressive Care System can work together more effectively—particularly for people aging with lifelong disabilities and older people who acquire disability later in life. Read more...
Supporting Older People With Frailty and Complex Needs in Mexico
Frailty and complex needs expose the limits of care systems built around single conditions and isolated services. As Mexico’s population ages, more older people will require coordinated responses spanning chronic disease, functional decline, rehabilitation, medication, nutrition, family support and long-term care. This article examines how comprehensive geriatric assessment, home-based health care, territorial care planning, workforce capability and stronger coordination can help Mexico respond earlier and preserve independence for longer. Read more...
Supporting People With Dementia in Mexico: Diagnosis, Care and Community Inclusion
Dementia is becoming a more significant care-system challenge as Mexico’s population ages, requiring a response that extends well beyond diagnosis and medical treatment. This article examines Mexico’s emerging dementia strategy, pathways from primary care to specialist assessment, family caregiving, home and community support, workforce capability, rights and inclusion—and how health services, long-term care and the developing National and Progressive Care System can create more continuous support. Read more...
Person-Centered Long-Term Care in Mexico: Autonomy, Choice and Dignity
Person-centered long-term care requires more than meeting physical needs: it means protecting an older person’s autonomy, preferences, relationships and right to shape everyday life. As Mexico develops its care system and strengthens older-person rights, this article examines how consent, supported decision-making, family involvement, home-based support, workforce practice and quality governance can translate dignity from a legal principle into the daily experience of care. Read more...
Improving Care Quality in Mexico: Standards, Assurance and Accountability
As Mexico develops a more explicit national care system, expanding services must be matched by stronger assurance that support is safe, rights-based and genuinely improves people’s lives. This article examines Mexico’s existing standards, institutional registration, supervision and older-person rights framework, and explores how quality governance could evolve across residential, home and community care as the National and Progressive Care System develops. Read more...
Long-Term Care Workforce Development in Mexico: Skills, Professionalization and Capacity
Mexico cannot build a sustainable long-term care system without developing the workforce required to deliver it. This article examines the country’s highly informal care labor market, the distinction between family, household, institutional and professional roles, and the need for clearer competencies, training, supervision, career pathways and territorial workforce planning as the National and Progressive Care System expands. Read more...
Salud Casa por Casa and the Future of Home-Based Support for Older People in Mexico
Salud Casa por Casa has created a national platform for preventive and medical contact with millions of older and disabled people inside their own homes. Its longer-term significance will depend on what happens beyond the visit: how identified needs lead to treatment, rehabilitation, functional support, referrals and sustained care. This article examines the program’s operating model, workforce, data, governance and potential role in Mexico’s emerging home-based care system. Read more...
Integrating Health and Long-Term Care in Mexico: Closing the Gaps Between Systems
Mexico’s older population increasingly needs support that crosses the boundaries between healthcare, rehabilitation, long-term care, family assistance and community services. Yet these functions remain distributed across different institutions, programs and levels of government. This article examines how Mexico can build stronger integration around people rather than organizations, using primary care, Salud Casa por Casa, hospital pathways, functional assessment, shared information and the emerging National and Progressive Care System to create greater continuity. Read more...
Aging at Home in Mexico: Building Stronger Home and Community-Based Care
Aging at home is likely to remain the preferred and most common experience for millions of older people in Mexico, but remaining at home safely requires more than family availability. This article examines the home and community infrastructure Mexico needs as population aging accelerates, including primary care, rehabilitation, personal support, housing, caregiver assistance, workforce, technology, rural delivery and the emerging role of Salud Casa por Casa within a broader long-term care system. Read more...