Australian dementia research: current status, future directions report
Alzheimer’s
It claims that current investment over the last six years in dementia research was about $13 million, 0.6% of the total direct costs of the disease.
By 2030, the total cost to the health care system of dementia is projected to rise to $8.2 billion and the number of people with dementia to double to more than 460,000.
The report recommends that funding for dementia research be set at 1.5% of the direct cost of dementia or $36 million per annum.
The report, A significant saving to the direct cost of dementia, was prepared by the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre at the University of NSW.
www.alzheimers.org.au/content.cfm?infopageid=4951
