Association of dementia diagnosis, cognitive impairment levels, and their combination with care costs among publicly funded long-term care recipients
Having a diagnosis of dementia and poorer cognition are associated with higher long-term care costs in both residential and community care settings. A dementia diagnosis is potentially a more important driver of formal care costs than cognitive impairment levels within the current care system, in contrast to what is observed with informal care costs. Practitioners and policymakers need to ensure that individuals with cognitive impairment without a dementia diagnosis receive the appropriate level of care.
Authors
- Martín Knapp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1427-0215)
- Hao Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4261-3414)
- Gloria Hoi Yan Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1331-942X)
- Adelina Comas‐Herrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9860-9062)
- Jacky Chak Pui Choy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-4673)
- Shi Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7341-3135)
- Shiyu Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9355-4883)
- Terry Yat Sang Lum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1196-5345)
- Jennifer Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4160-1713)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Lingnan University (HK)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
- University of Reading (GB)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Innovation in Aging
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf088
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Impact Fund
- Directorate for Biological Sciences