Dementia Care, PBS NewsHour
Dementia Care, PBS NewsHour
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Dementia Care

Author: PBS NewsHour

Narrator: PBS NewsHour

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2013


Synopsis

A 2013 study by the RAND Corporation estimates the cost of dementia care as $41,000 to $56,000 annually per patient. PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown examines the findings and implications with Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and Dr. Richard Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aurélien on September 11, 2025

Here's a pocket-size guide about dementia care. Not much to say about it apart that, if you are a Care Support Worker supporting individuals with dementia, then this is a nice bullet-point manual to have at hand for refreshers on some core topics of care work. It's pretty basic in its content (e.g.......more