Economic impact of dementia in developing countries: an evaluation of costs of Alzheimer-type dementia in Argentina

Abstract

With the projected increase in the number of persons at risk for developing AD in emerging countries, the family cost of the disease will be significant. Dementia costs should be a matter of analysis when health policies are being designed in developing countries.

Cognitive, functional and behavioral factors associated with the burden of caring for geriatric patients with cognitive impairment or depression: evidence from a South American sample

“…In a previous report, it was shown that caregiver burden in demented patient was mainly influenced by neuropsychiatric symptoms in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Allegri et al, 2007). A summary symptom burden was found to be correlated with caregiving burden.…”

“…The Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) could not be related to caregiver burden in dementia patients (Mangone et al, 1993;Allegri et al, 2006). The Mini Mental Scale Examination (MMSE) was found to be related to caregiver burden in stroke and Parkinson's disease but that was not the case for mild or severe dementia (Thommessen et al, 2002;Allegri et al, 2007). However, a different measure of cognitive status (the revised Hasegawa Dementia Rating Scale) was found to be related to caregiver's burden in dementia (Nagatomo et al, 1999).…”

Nursing Students' Intentions to Work in Dementia Care: Influence of Age, Ageism, and Perceived Barriers

“…Evidence is also emerging of the extent of the economic burden in middle-income countries (71)(72)(73)(74).…”

News in aging and dementia at the 13th Pan American Congress of Neurology

“…Allegri showed that the annual direct costs of patients with AD in Argentina increased with cognitive deterioration from US$3420.4 in mild AD to US$9657.6 in severe AD, and with institutionalization (US$3189.2 for outpatients vs US$14, 447.68 for those institutionalized) [3]. In LA, most direct costs were paid for by the family because social security was limited in this region.…”