Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The 'dementia tax': how struggling families are picking up the bill
Families suffer the financial burden of providing care for free, while the UK economy also loses out - on £8.8bn that would be spent on professional carers.
Although the risks of dementia increase with age, the Alzheimer's Society found that 42,000 people suffer from dementia before the age of 65 – more than twice as many as was previously thought.
Around 32,000 of the cases involve those aged 60 to 65, while there are 7,700 cases among those in their 50s, 2,010 cases among those in their 40s, and 707 cases among those in their 30s.
Here's the number of people suffering from dementia across the UK, region by region.
The research also found that the number of sufferers is on the increase, with 2m people expected to be suffering from dementia by 2051.
The Alzheimer's Society is calling for the state to pick up the cost of care for dementia sufferers, so that thousands more families won't bear the financial brunt.
Source : http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568612/s/3e55fb24/sc/36/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Chealth0Chealthnews0C110A873990CThe0Edementia0Etax0Ehow0Estruggling0Efamilies0Eare0Epicking0Eup0Ethe0Ebill0Bhtml/story01.htm
