New JPND project on access to psychosocial support in dementia

We are excited to present our research project to improve psychosocial support for dementia has been approved by JPND.

The project is titled: “DEMentia CAre and Psychosocial Support interventions estimating health-economic impact to support access and implementation in practice” (DEM-CAPS)

Psychosocial support for people living with dementia and their family or friends who care for them are not available to everyone who needs them. One major reason is that there is insufficient information about the long-term benefits and long-term cost savings of providing this type of care. Decision-makers, like governments or health insurers, need solid evidence about whether investing in psychosocial support will save money in the long run by improving people’s lives or helping them stay at home longer before needing nursing care.

Our project aims to fill this gap by creating a framework to calculate the long-term value of psychosocial support for people with dementia and their caregivers. We will work closely with people living with dementia, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and decision-makers throughout Europe.

We are thankful for JPND and and the local country funders for the resources to make this project possible and the collaboration between Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), Maastricht University (Netherlands), German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Germany), Masaryk University (Czech Republic) and Alzheimer Europe (Luxembourg). We look forward to connect with upcoming collaborators in the next years.

DEM-CAPS team