Dementia

OHE’s submission for the DHSC’s next 10 years of planning

9 December 2024

This Insight summarises the recommendations OHE submitted towards the Department of Health & Social Care’s consultation on the next 10 years of planning for the NHS.

Inequalities in Dementia: Unveiling the Evidence and Forging a Path Towards Greater Understanding

26 June 2024

Our literature review suggests that there are more than 100 inequalities impacting on people living with dementia and their carers across multiple characteristics, circumstances, and in various parts of the health and care system. However, the current low availability and quality of data is a major barrier to accurately measuring these inequalities. With the expectation that 1 in 2 people will be affected by dementia during their lifetime, there is a pressing need for further research to inform future policy, research, and service interventions.

Dementia in the UK: Estimating the Potential Future Impact and Return on Research Investment

11 July 2023

This report contributes to the understanding of people’s proximity to dementia (e.g., people with dementia and their carers forecast) and so the potential future number of people who will be impacted by dementia, and the economic benefits arising from dementia research in the UK.

Investment in dementia research and medicine research and development (R&D) is significantly lower in comparison to other diseases such as cancer. However, recent breakthroughs and growing R&D pipeline show that this area has high potential for research over the next years. It is, therefore, important to estimate the benefits of dementia research to patients, their carers, the economy, and society.

Dementia: The R&D Landscape

1 November 2015

This OHE Research Paper provides an overview of the current dementia R&D landscape. The research was undertaken by OHE for Imperial College and the UK Department of Health.

Dementia

1 September 1992

Dementia is a condition whose causes are poorly understood, which cannot be cured and for which current treatments of symptoms have at best marginal effects. Dementia…

Dementia in Old Age

10 January 1979

Dementia — that is, irreversible and usually progressive destruction of the brain in old age, the causes of which have yet to be identified – is…