Costs of providing care for people with dementia

The care of people with dementia is multifaceted: it includes timely diagnosis, individual treatment, and demand-driven use of professional care services as well as informal care by relatives. At first glance, these are primarily medical and social factors, but the economic dimension of dementia care is also gaining increasing importance. In particular, the costs of informal care by family members and relatives are often overlooked, even though they account for the largest share of the total costs of dementia care.

Dr. Bernhard Michalowsky heads the „Patient-reported Outcomes & Health Economics Research“ working group at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and is a part-time professor at the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. His research focuses on the impact of neurodegenerative diseases on the health-related quality of life of affected individuals and on the healthcare system as a whole. In the webinar, Bernhard Michalowsky will present the costs associated with the care of people with dementia. In this context, he will explain the estimated costs for the coming years and how they are composed.

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