This paper provides information on the economic and individual outcomes evidence for the efficacy of different models of community support to people with dementia and to find out whether it is more cost effective to provide specialist or generic housing services for people with dementia.

The project is designed to address the specific concern of the Department of Health, to provide information on the economic and individual outcomes evidence for the efficacy of different models of community support to persons with dementia; and to assist in decisions concerning whether it is more cost-effective to provide specialist or generic domiciliary care services for people with dementia. In this document the terms ‘domiciliary care’ and ‘home care’ are used interchangeably.

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