[Projections about the future number of dementia sufferers: increasing life expectancy not sufficiently considered?]

CONCLUSIONS: In the next decades, the number of persons suffering from dementia will rise considerably. Increasing life-expectancy will result in markedly higher numbers of persons with dementia than estimated from earlier population projections. Nevertheless, this is the first analysis of future dementia cases based on projections from two different dates, but using the same source. We must conclude that the dramatically increasing number of dementia cases requires comprehensive planning of the health and social care system. PMID: 26609663 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Psychiatria Danubina - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatr Danub Source Type: research