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Dementia: the cost of care for behaviourally disturbed patients living in the community. 2000

V Kirchner, and M D Elloy, and L E Silver, and C A Kelly

Senior Registrar, Mental Health Care for Older People, Homerton Hospital, London, UK. vincent.k@virgin.net

OBJECTIVE To determine the cost of care of people with dementia and behavioural disturbances living in the community, which is currently unknown. METHODS This is a study of 12 randomly selected subjects attending a continuing care dementia day facility for people with behavioural disturbances. METHODS Hours of care received from different sources were recorded and costed. RESULTS The total mean direct costs to the public services was pound400 per person per week. Caregiver's time costed at professional rates were pound1208 per person per week. CONCLUSIONS Unpaid caregivers supported by publicly funded agencies provide a less expensive service compared to specialised institutional care.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008134	Long-Term Care	Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care.	Care, Long-Term,Long Term Care
D008297	Male		Males
D010865	Pilot Projects	Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work.	Pilot Studies,Pilot Study,Pilot Project,Project, Pilot,Projects, Pilot,Studies, Pilot,Study, Pilot
D003365	Costs and Cost Analysis	Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs.	Affordability,Analysis, Cost,Cost,Cost Analysis,Cost Comparison,Cost Measures,Cost-Minimization Analysis,Costs and Cost Analyses,Costs, Cost Analysis,Pricing,Affordabilities,Analyses, Cost,Analyses, Cost-Minimization,Analysis, Cost-Minimization,Comparison, Cost,Comparisons, Cost,Cost Analyses,Cost Comparisons,Cost Measure,Cost Minimization Analysis,Cost, Cost Analysis,Cost-Minimization Analyses,Costs,Measure, Cost,Measures, Cost
D003631	Day Care, Medical	Institutional health care of patients during the day. The patients return home at night.	Day Care,Hospitalization, Partial,Care, Day,Medical Day Care,Partial Hospitalization
D004739	England	A part of Great Britain within the United Kingdom.
D005260	Female		Females
D005380	Financing, Government	Federal, state, or local government organized methods of financial assistance.	Federal Aid,Financing, Public,Grants and Subsidies, Government,Hill-Burton Act,Subsidies, Government,Government Financing,Act, Hill-Burton,Aid, Federal,Aids, Federal,Federal Aids,Government Subsidies,Government Subsidy,Hill Burton Act,Public Financing,Subsidy, Government
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly