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P2‐395: Time spent on care and costs for patients with Alzheimer's disease
Author(s) -
Bellanger Martine
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.1267
Subject(s) - proxy (statistics) , medicine , dementia , activities of daily living , disease , gerontology , activity based costing , sample (material) , physical therapy , business , chemistry , chromatography , marketing , machine learning , computer science
data about people with dementia and their caregivers, users of the Home Care Program. Results: The team has served almost 540 families in urban and rural areas of Athens, since October 2008, with repeated visits to each house depending on the size and the type of problem. Conclusions: The members of the patients’ family declare that there is an urgent need for services and institutions which meet the increasing demands of both patients and caregivers especially at the advanced stages of the disease. We have to raise awareness of the full social, health and economic impact to make dementia a public healthcare priority.