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Cognitive impairment in older people: its implications for future demand for services and costs
- Authors:
- COMAS-HERRERA Adelina, et al
- Publisher:
- London School of Economics. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
New research shows that unless more effective treatments are developed for Alzheimer's disease and other causes of cognitive impairment, there will be a substantial rise in the demand for long-term care services. The research also concludes that if treatments developed were to reduce the percentage of older people with severe cognitive impairment by only 1% per year, this would broadly offset the increasing long-term care costs due to rising numbers of older people. Researchers compared figures for 1998 with their projected figures for the year 2031, under a range of assumptions about future mortality and prevalence rates and future patterns of care. The study shows that the number of people with cognitive impairment in England is likely to rise by 66% from 461,000 to 765,000 between 1998 and 2031, faster than the number of people with physical disability only. The report implies that demand for long-term care will rise at a faster rate among those with cognitive impairment than projections based on the overall demand for long-term care would suggest.
Mental and physical frailty in older people: the costs and benefits of informal care
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 18(3), May 1998, pp.317-354.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes the financial, opportunity and social costs and benefits of providing informal support to frail older people within an economic framework. Around half the supporters reported financial costs or lost social opportunities. A minority of supporters had reduced their working hours or withdrawn from employment because of caregiving. Nearly all supporters reported at least one social cost and identified at least one positive aspect of caregiving. The benefits of caregiving were not consistently related to co-residency, relationship of supporter or frailty type. Possible strategies for decreasing the costs and increasing the benefits of caregiving are discussed.
Cognitive disability and direct care costs for elderly people
- Authors:
- KAVANAGH Shane, KNAPP Martin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 174(6), June 1999, pp.539-546.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Population ageing and the high costs of care support for elderly people have concentrated attention on economic issues. Examines whether there is an association between costs and cognitive disability by comparing service utilisation and direct costs for elderly people with different degrees of cognitive disability, and between people living in households and in communal establishments. Discusses how population ageing is closely associated with higher utilisation of health and social care services, and how new treatment or service arrangements provoke debate about their cost implications. The study aims to provide 'benchmark' information to inform debates about the potential costs of various treatment and service charges.