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Martin Whiteford New beginnings Welcome to the first edition of Housing Care and Support in 2017. This edition contains a relatively small, but thoroughly thought provoking collection of papers. The first of the three papers examines the issue of housing options for people with memory problems and those who care, or have cared for, people with dementia. This is a particularly timely empirically informed contribution given the startling human and financial costs of dementia in the UK. To put this into perspective, dementia costs the health and social care sector more than cancer, stroke and heart disease combined[1]. In purely economic terms the overall cost of dementia in the UK is estimated to stand at £26 billion (Alzheimer’s Society, 2014). By 2040, predicted costs are expected to treble (Parkin and Baker, 2016). Understandably, then, the economics of dementia present significant challenges to public health and social care and systems. Housing and housing-related support constitutes a significant part of this financial envelope. There is a human cost too. A diagnosis of dementia can be devastating for patients, families and caregivers, with negative physical and psychosocial effects. Providing or facilitating access to appropriate forms of housing support can thus be seen
Housing Care and Support – Emerald Publishing
Published: Mar 20, 2017
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