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Hungarian Gerontology

Vol. 17 No. 44 (2025): Conference Issue
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Inmates with Dementia: Responding to an Ageing and Ailing Prison Population

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2025-12-02
Authors
Zofia Szweda-Lewandowska,
Joanna Felczak
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Keywords
cognitive impairments correctional healthcare dementia older prisoners penal policy social policy
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Szweda-Lewandowska, Z., & Felczak, J. . (2025). Inmates with Dementia: Responding to an Ageing and Ailing Prison Population. Hungarian Gerontology, 17(44), 61-62. https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/gerontologia/article/view/17322
Abstract
Penitentiary systems worldwide are confronting a profound demographic shift mirroring that of developed societies: a rapidly ageing prison population. This trend results in a growing number of inmates with complex, age-related health issues, most notably dementia and other severe cognitive impairments.