Supporting community-dwelling older people with cognitive impairment to stay at home: A modelled cost analysis

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Dyer, Suzanne M
Standfield, Lachlan B
Fairhall, Nicola
Cameron, Ian D
Gresham, Meredith
Brodaty, Henry
Crotty, Maria
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2020
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Objective: To model the potential financial implications of Australian programs supporting cognitively impaired community-dwelling older people. Methods: Markov cohort models of (a) an observational study of a residential dyadic training program for carers and people with dementia (GTSAH) and (b) a frailty intervention (FIT) in a cognitively impaired subgroup. Direct health and social welfare costs accrued over 5 years (2018 $AUD prices) were captured. GTSAH costs $3755, FIT costs $1834, and permanent residential aged care (P-RAC) costs $237 per day. Results: Modelling predicted costs break even in approximately 5 months for GTSAH and 7 months for FIT, after which these interventions saved funds. The primary driver of savings was the P-RAC cost (discounted at 5%/annum), at $121 030 for GTSAH vs $231 193 for standard care; and $47 857 with FIT vs $111 359 for standard care. Conclusions: Programs supporting cognitively impaired community-dwelling older people could be financially beneficial; further evaluation and implementation would be a worthwhile investment.

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Australasian Journal on Ageing

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© 2020 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Biomedical and clinical sciences

Human society

Psychology

caregivers

dementia

health resource

home care

nursing homes

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Dyer, SM; Standfield, LB; Fairhall, N; Cameron, ID; Gresham, M; Brodaty, H; Crotty, M, Supporting community-dwelling older people with cognitive impairment to stay at home: A modelled cost analysis, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2020

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