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Chapter 23 - Carers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2019

By
Gill Livingston  and
Penny Rapaport
Edited by
Rob Butler  and
Cornelius Katona
Rob Butler
Affiliation:
Waitemata DHB and North Shore Hospital, Auckland
Cornelius Katona
Affiliation:
Helen Bamber Foundation
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Summary

Chapter 1 discusses the welcome drop in early death and the corresponding rise in the numbers of older people and those with dementia. In tandem with the rise in the numbers of older people throughout the world comes the increase in the numbers of family carers who are looking after them. More than 70% of people with dementia in high-income countries live in their own homes supported mainly by family [1,2]. In low- and middle-income countries there is less care home provision and thus a higher percentage of people with dementia live at home [3].

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Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 261 - 268
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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