Thursday, January 21, 2010

Rising Tide: The Impact of Dementia in Canada

from Executive Summary:

Rising Tide: the Impact of Dementia on Canadian Society is the final report of an Alzheimer Society project funded by Pfizer Canada, Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Rx&D. The purpose of the report was to:

* Estimate the health and economic burden of dementia in Canada over the next 30 years;
* Analyze the possible effects of intervention scenarios upon this burden;
* Demonstrate how the proposed interventions could affect the health and economic impacts of dementia in Canada;
* Review policy options;
* Make recommendations on how to address the issue.

The Findings of Rising Tide
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