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Dementia UK: a report into the prevalence and cost of dementia [cover subtitle: a report to the Alzheimer's Society on the prevalence and economic cost of dementia in the UK]
— prepared by the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of Economics and the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, for the Alzheimer's Society: the full report | | Author(s) | Martin Knapp, Martin Prince |
| Corporate Author | Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics; Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London; Alzheimer's Society |
| Publisher | Alzheimer's Society, London, 2007 |
| Pages | 189 pp (Code 820) |
| Source | Download (20/9/07): http://www.alzheimers.org.uk Alzheimer's Society, Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PH. |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Services ; Psychiatric treatment ; Costs [care] ; Statistics [data] ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | In 2006, the Alzheimer's Society commissioned the London School of Economics and the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London to produce a report providing the most up-to-date evaluation of the numbers of people with dementia in the UK. This main report describes the Dephi consensus approach used to arrive at new prevalence estimates for the UK, and gives the estimated numbers of people with dementia, broken down by various subgroups. A chapter on service development sets out the policy, funding and organisational contexts for dementia care in the UK, and includes an account of old age mental health services. The new way of mapping key services data relating to the support of older people with dementia - effective in pinpointing variations in provision - is described. Graphs, statistical tables and maps throughout indicate levels of provision for all older people. The financial costs of dementia in the UK are estimated at $17.03 billion. Recommendations are offered, built on the report's evidence base. These are: make dementia a national priority; increase funding for dementia research; improve dementia care skills; develop community support; guarantee carer support packages; hold a national debate on who pays for care; and develop integrated, comprehensive dementia care models. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070920502 E |
| Classmark | EA: I: LP: QDC: 6C: 3A:6KC |
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