The four-year Health and Welfare Innovative Services Promotion Program, launched in 2017, aims to stimulate the incorporation of ICT into services for older adults and expand the focus beyond those who need care to those who are healthy in order to support active, independent aging.
Dementia caregivers feel the most stress from watching their loved one decline, while other caregivers are most stressed from juggling work and care responsibilities. In contrast to other types of care that may have a focus on recovery and rehabilitation, caring for someone with dementia can oftentimes be more challenging since the person is facing a long, inevitable decline.
Saving for the typical personal bill for dementia care would take more than a lifetime, new research shows.
An Alzheimer's Society investigation reveals that if people planned to save at the same rate they put into a pension, they would need 125 years to cover dementia costs.