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Title Rising tide : the impact of dementia in Canada 2008 to 2038 / prepared by RiskAnalytica for the Alzheimer Society of Canada ; P. Smetanin [and others]
Published Toronto, Ont. : RiskAnalytica, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (280, 64 pages : illustrations
Contents Appendix A: Bibliography -- Appendix B: Data sources -- Appendix C: Dementia care map -- Appendix D: All cause dementia Results -- Life terms -- Prevalence -- Incidence -- Mortality -- Disability -- All cause dementia and healthcare utilization -- Economic simulation results: all-cause dementia -- Direct health costs for patients with all-cause dementia -- Opportunity costs of informal caregiving for patients with dementia -- Indirect costs -- Total economic burden of dementia -- Scenario 1 Impact of physical activity on dementia incidence: simulation results -- Life terms -- Healthcare utilization -- Economic burden -- Scenario 2: Impact of prevention programs to delay disease onset: simulation results -- Life terms -- Healthcare utilization -- Economic burden -- Scenario 3A: Informal caregiver support programs: impact on admission into LTC: simulation results -- Healthcare utilization -- Economic burden -- Scenario 3B: Informal caregiver support programs: impact on the informal caregiver burden: simulation results -- Economic burden -- Scenario 4A: System navigation: impact on admission into LTC: simulation results -- Healthcare utilization -- Economic burden -- Scenario 4B: System navigation: impact on informal caregiver burden: simulation results -- Economic burden -- Appendix E: Alzheimer's results -- Prevalence -- Incidence
Executive summary -- Introduction and scope -- Current and future burden of dementia in Canada -- Intervention scenarios -- Future directions -- Table of exhibits -- 1. Introduction -- Scope of the engagement -- Structure of the report -- Overview of dementia -- Why is dementia a problem -- 2. Approach -- Overview of approach to modeling dementia in Canada -- Validation of approach and outcomes -- 3. Life at Risk methodology -- Overview of methodology: Life at Risk -- Overview of general model and assumptions -- The structure of the model -- The Life at Risk dementia model, data and assumptions -- 4. The current and future burden of dementia in Canada -- Health burden of dementia in Canada -- Number of new cases of dementia in Canada -- Number of people living with dementia in Canada -- Mortality -- Dementia and health care utilization -- Informal care hours -- Economic burden of dementia in Canada -- Direct health costs -- Opportunity costs of informal caregivers -- Economic disability -- Indirect costs -- Economic burden conclusions -- 5. Scenario analysis of dementia interventions -- Proposed intervention scenarios -- Life and economic impacts of scenarios -- 6. Conclusions -- General conclusions -- Business case implications -- Limitations -- Future research priority areas -- Glossary of terms
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Dementia -- Economic aspects -- Canada
Dementia -- Patients -- Long-term care -- Canada
Dementia -- Canada -- Prevention
Dementia -- Canada -- Forecasting -- Statistics
Forecasting.
Forecasting
Long-Term Care -- economics
Dementia -- economics
Dementia -- prevention & control
Forecasting
Dementia -- Economic aspects
Dementia -- Patients -- Long-term care
Dementia -- Prevention
Caregiver.
Demand.
Disability.
Disease.
Economic equilibrium.
Economic model.
Economics.
Economy.
Employment.
Expected value.
Canada
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
Statistics
Form Electronic book
Author Smetanin, P
RiskAnalytica
Alzheimer Society of Canada.
ISBN 9780973352245
0973352248