This report describes the range of new care choices for older Australians with dementia and their carers that emerged from the Innovative Pool Dementia Pilot and presents evidence that these new service offerings have helped clients to remain at home for as long as possible.

Almost 200,000 Australians are believed to have dementia and many more are involved in caring for a family or friend with dementia. Talina Drabsch provides an overview of the prevalence of dementia, now and over the next 50 years, and discusses its economic and social costs. She highlights the impact on the health and aged...

In mid-2003, the Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to investigate the extent to which health and aged care service use can be associated with dementia, to inform an Australian government review of pricing arrangements in residential aged care by Professor Warren Hogan. This report presents the findings...