Cohort Effects in the Prevalence and Survival of People with Dementia in a Rural Area in Northern Sweden.

Background: Recent studies suggest that trends in cardiovascular risk may result in a decrease in age-specific prevalence of dementia. Studies in rural areas are rare.

Objectives: To study cohort effects in dementia prevalence and survival of people with dementia in a Swedish rural area.

Morbidity and physical functioning in old age: differences according to living area.

Objectives: To describe differences in morbidity and functional status according to living area.

Design: Community-based survey.

Setting: A community-based prospective cohort, the Kungsholmen-Nordanstig Project.

Time use and costs of institutionalised elderly persons with or without dementia: results from the Nordanstig cohort in the Kungsholmen Project--a population based study in Sweden.

Background: The aging of the population has become a worldwide phenomenon. This leads to increased demand for services and with limited resources it is important to find a way to estimate how resources can be match to those with greatest need.

Aims: To analyse time use and costs in institutional care in relation to different levels of cognitive and functional capacity for elderly persons.

Validity and reliability of assessments of time. Comparisons of direct observations and estimates of time by the use of the resource utilization in dementia (RUD)-instrument.

When the costs of dementia are analyzed, interviews regarding caregiver time (both informal or formal) and other kinds of resource use are frequently used. However, it is unclear how valid such data are. The aims were to investigate the validity and reliability of interview-based estimated resource use, particularly caregiver time.

Time spent on informal and formal care giving for persons with dementia in Sweden.

The purpose of this paper was to explore the time spent on caring by families of persons with dementia in Sweden. As part of a European Commission project, interviews were carried out on a sample of 92 carers, caring for persons with dementia. The interviews focused on time spent on caring, IADL, ADL and surveillance, as well as formal support received and used.