A study published in the European Journal of Public Health has outlined higher costs associated with cognitive impairment across 15 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, by providing a secondary analysis of data from the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement in Europe.
The countries included in the study were, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the UK (England). The findings from the study showed that:
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Households containing a member experiencing a cognitive impairment (CI) consistent with dementia (CID) are estimated to require 48% more income to maintain their standard of life compared to similar households not including an adult with CID
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This additional cost is equivalent to an average of EUR 9,552
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Countries providing higher levels of formal support for long-term care were observed to have lower extra costs associated with living with a CI.
You can read the paper here: https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckab011/6146048?guestAccessKey=6122df38-140c-4a15-a402-ab6948085cb6
