Direct health and residential care costs of people living with dementia in Australian residential aged care.
Emmanuel Sumithran GnanamanickamSuzanne M DyerRachel MilteStephanie L HarrisonEnwu LiuTiffany EastonClare BradleyRebecca BiltonWendy ShulverJulie RatcliffeCraig WhiteheadMaria CrottyPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2018)
This study provides the first estimate of the whole-of-system costs of providing health and residential care for people living with dementia in residential aged care in Australia using individual level health and social care data. This predominantly bottom-up cost estimate indicates the high cost associated with caring for people with dementia living permanently in residential care, which is underestimated when limited cost perspectives or top-down, population costing approaches are taken.