Alzheimers New Zealand (2017). Economic impact of dementia in New Zealand, 2016. Wellington, New Zealand: Alzheimers New Zealand.
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Report
Description:
This report provides estimates of the prevalence and costs of dementia in New Zealand in 2016, updating earlier estimates published in 2008 and again in 2012. It also provides observations about changes that occur over time – changes since previous reports, the situation today and looking to the future.
Keywords:
economics, costs, prevalence
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Dale, M. C. (2017). Ageing and the Economics of Caring. University of Auckland, Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau, Retirement Policy and Research Centre.
Type:
Report
Description:
The ageing of the population has economic and social implications for the New Zealand care industry and for care workers in particular. Includes discussion of costs and demands related to dementia.
Keywords:
workforce, demand
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Gallrach, F., Hornblow, A., Croucher, M., & Kirk, R. (2012). Quality of life in dementia: Formal care and costs in New Zealand. Dtsch med Wochenschr, 137(A81). 
Type:
Research article
Description:
This study measures quality of life of persons with dementia and their informal caregivers in New Zealand and examines what interventions from primary and secondary care in New Zealand are helpful for enhancing quality of life and what these interventions cost. 
Keywords:
economic, costs, well-being, quality of life
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Guk-Hee, S., Wimo, A., Gauthier, S., O'Connor, D., Ikeda, M., Homma, A., et al. (2009). International price comparisons of Alzheimer's drugs: a way to close the affordability gap. International Psychogeriatrics, 21(6), 1116-1126.
Type:
Research article
Description:
An international survey was conducted in 21 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, India, Japan, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the U.K. and the U.S.A.) and the prices of Alzheimer's drugs were compared.
Keywords:
economic, costs, medication, drugs
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Kerse, N., Teh, R., Moyes, S. A., Broad, J., Rolleston, A., Gott, M., ... & Adamson, A. (2015). Cohort profile: Te puawaitanga o Nga tapuwae Kia Ora tonu, life and living in advanced Age: a cohort study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ). International journal of epidemiology, 44(6), 1823-1832.
Type:
Research article
Description:
LiLACS NZ is a longitudinal cohort study identifying predictors of successful advanced ageing. This paper describes the cohort. Maori were found to be more likely to have dementia.    
Keywords:
cohort, Māori, Non Māori, prevalence
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Kahokehr, A., Siegert, R.J., & Weatherall, M. ( 2004). The frequency of executive cognitive impairment in elderly rehabilitation inpatients. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(2), 68-72.
Type:
Research article
Description:
The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of executive cognitive dysfunction in a sample of older patients in two rehabilitation wards in Wellington, New Zealand.
Keywords:
prevalence, inpatient 
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Lo, H., Koponen, M., Roethlein, C., et al., . (2023). Trends in survival following dementia diagnosis: a
multinational cohort study. Research Square.
Type:
Article
Description:
This multinational study on mortality risk after a dementia diagnosis has revealed that people with dementia in several countries are living longer. However, this trend is not observed in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Keywords:
survival
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Martinez-Ruiz A, Yates S, Cheung G, et al. (2023). Living with Dementia in Aotearoa (LiDiA): A Feasibility Study for a Dementia Prevalence Study in Māori and Non-Māori Living in New Zealand. Dementia, doi:10.1177/14713012231173012
Type:
Article
Description:
The aim of this feasibility study was to prepare the groundwork for the first full-scale NZ dementia prevalence study that is representative of Māori, European, Pacific and Asian peoples living in NZ.
Keywords:
prevalence, Māori
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Ma'u, E., Cullum, S., Mukadam, N., Davis, D., Rivera-Rodriguez, C., & Cheung, G. (2024). Estimating the incidence of dementia in New Zealand: a cohort study applying capture-recapture modelling to routinely collected linked health datasets. The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 52.
Type:
Report
Description:
This study used three linked national health data sets—interRAI, Public hospital discharges, and Pharmacy. It is the first study to provide estimates of age 60+ dementia incidence in NZ and for the four main ethnic groups and suggests over a third of incident dementia cases are undiagnosed.
Keywords:
workforce, demand
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Yeh, L., & Johnson, E. (2008). Burden of Alzheimer's disease: population-based estimates and projections for New Zealand, 2006-2031. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry,42(9), 828-836.
Type:
Research article
Description:
This study estimated the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD, including ‘mixed’ dementia) in New Zealand in 2006, and projects this out to 2031.
Keywords:
epidemiology, prevalence
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Walesby, K. E., Exeter, D. J., Gibb, S., Wood, P. C., Starr, J. M., & Russ, T. C. (2020). Prevalence and geographical variation of dementia in New Zealand from 2012 to 2015: Brief report utilising routinely collected data within the Integrated Data Infrastructure. Australasian Journal on Ageing.
Type:
Article
Description:
A population‐based retrospective cohort study was used analysing routinely collected data including looking for mention of dementia codes in hospital discharge (2012-2015) or cause of death data (2012) and “anti‐dementia” drug prescriptions (2012-2015). Using these datasets approximately 2% of those aged ≥60 years were coded as having dementia, lower than published estimates. Dementia was higher in North Island; in 80‐ to 89‐year‐olds; among the Māori population when age‐standardised.
Keywords:
prevalence
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