Western Europe
Germany Siegfried Weyerer Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Deutschland Long-term care insurance and medical care of dementia patients At present more than 1 million people in Germany have moderate to severe…
Eastern Europe
The Czech Republic Katerina Sheardovaa, Iva Holmerovab and Jakub Hortc,d aInternational Clinical Research Center, Department of Neurology, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic bCentre of Gerontology and CELLO-ILC-CZ, Faculty…
Developing policy that works for dementia: National and global lessons in what makes a difference
Box 9.1 Action plan to make and deliver an NDS Step 1: What are the numbers? – how many people with dementia are there? Step 2: What are the costs?…
Health economics, healthcare funding and service evaluation: International and Australian perspectives
Benefit: AUD$7106/PWDBCR: 7.25 (3.63–10.88) to 1AUD$20,825/DALY averted (AUD$13,883–AUD$41,650), i.e. very cost-effective by WHO benchmark of less than GDP per capita/DALY. Dementia Training Service CentresAUD$1320 per studentThis cost was not directly…
Services for people with mild dementia
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 5 Services for people with mild dementia Roy W. Jones The RICE Centre, Royal United Hospital, UK Introduction Receiving a diagnosis of dementia is a highly significant…
How to get results in public policy for Alzheimer’s and dementia services
With regard to the JPND and the ALCOVE Joint Action, the involvement of European countries also differs significantly. Most countries participate in both, while others prioritise one type of collaboration…
Services for people with incipient dementia
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 4 Services for people with incipient dementia Nicola T. Lautenschlagera,b and Alexander F. Kurzc aAcademic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, The University of…
Services for people with young onset dementia
Adrienne Withalla and Meredith Greshamb (Australia) aSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine, Kensington Campus, University of New South Wales, Australia bHammondCare Foundation, Australia David Conna and Tiffany Chowb (Canada)…
Services for people with severe dementia
0.5 – Questionable dementia1 – Mild dementia2 – Moderate dementia3 – Severe dementia Memory – severe memory loss; only fragments remain Orientation – oriented to person only Judgment and problem-solving – unable to…
The historical development and state of the art approach to design and delivery of dementia care services
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 2 The historical development and state of the art approach to design and delivery of dementia care services Christopher M. Callahana, Helen C. Kalesb, Laura N. Gitlinc,d,…
