The purpose of this article is to analyse the available literature describing the economic
burden of dementia and to compare costs between studies examining cost drivers. To shed …

The increasing global prevalence of dementia and consequent social and economic impacts
on people living with dementia and their families pose significant challenges for societies …

Background At present, dementia has no known cure. Interventions to delay onset and
reduce prevalence of the disease are therefore focused on risk factor reduction. Previous …

Background Health care policies in many countries aim to enable people with dementia to
live in their own homes as long as possible. However, at some point during the disease the …

Objectives Dementia prevalence and the demand for dementia care are increasing. Informal
caregiving accounts for a large proportion of dementia care, but can come at high cost for …

The development of companion animal robots is of growing interest. These robots have
recently been marketed to older adults with dementia as a means of encouraging social …

Alzheimer's disease neuropathology (amyloid, tauopathies) and brain atrophy are present
decades prior to manifestation of clinical symptoms. With the failure of treatment trials it is …

The aim of this study was to explore how formal social support changed after implementation
of the COVID-19 public health measures and how these restrictions affected people living …

Background The rapid ageing of the population is becoming an area of great concern, both
globally and in Australia. On a societal level, the cost of supporting an ageing demographic …

Objective The aim of this paper is to study the opportunity costs (OC) that are involved in
being a caregiver and to compare them with the direct costs assumed by the State and the …