Dementia costs the UK £26.3 Billion a year. The analysis outcome from Alzheimer's Society, who said that fighting dementia economic's impact it's strong enough to cover the annual energy bill of every household in the country. Two thirds of the cost of dementia is picked up by people with dementia and their families. UK need greater investment in dementia research: Dementia costs over £30,000 per person with dementia each year, yet only £90 per person is spent on research. Alzheimer's desease costs society £26bn each year, yet only £74m was spent on research in the last year. Too many people with dementia aren't living as well as they could.

1. Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
£26.3bn
Total cost
£11.6bn £4.3bn £4.5bn £5.8bn £0.1bn
Health
care
Public
social care
Private
social care
Other
costs
Unpaid
care
Dementia costs the UK £26.3 billion a year
That’s enough to pay the annual energy
bill of every household in the country.

2. Care timeCosts
£
Support
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
1,340,000,000 hours1,340,000,000 hours
were spent caring for people with dementia in 2013.
That’s more than 150,000 years.
Unpaid carers: overworked, under supported

3. Care timeCosts
£
Support
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
£8.8bn
£17.4bn
Cost to
the State
Cost to people
with dementia
and their families
Unpaid carers: overworked, under supported
Two thirds of the cost of dementia is paid by people with dementia and their families.

4. Care timeCosts
£
Support
Alzheimer’s Society (2014b).
Dementia 2014: Opportunity for change. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
of carers do not
receive enough
support.
43%
Unpaid carers: overworked, under supported

5. Per person
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
Dementia costs
over £30,000
per person with
dementia each year... …yet only £90
per person is
spent on research.
We need greater investment
in dementia research

6. Living wellDepression Loneliness DecisionsCommunitySupport
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
felt depressed or
anxious recently.
61%
Too many people with dementia
aren't living as well as they could

7. Living wellDepression Loneliness DecisionsCommunitySupport
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
felt lonely recently.
40%
Too many people with dementia
aren't living as well as they could

8. Living wellDepression Loneliness DecisionsCommunitySupport
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
do not feel they get
enough support from
the government.
52%
Too many people with dementia
aren't living as well as they could

9. Living wellDepression Loneliness DecisionsCommunitySupport
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
do not feel part of
their community.
34%
Too many people with dementia
aren't living as well as they could

10. Living wellDepression Loneliness DecisionsCommunitySupport
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
are not able to make
decisions about how
they spend their time.
28%
Too many people with dementia
aren't living as well as they could

11. Living wellDepression Loneliness DecisionsCommunitySupport
Alzheimer’s Society (2014b).
Dementia 2014: Opportunity for change. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
are not living well
with dementia.
18%
Too many people with dementia
aren't living as well as they could

12. Younger people Other conditions
Alzheimer’s Society (2014b).
Dementia 2014: Opportunity for change. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
people are living with another medical
condition or disability as well as dementia.
7 out of 10
No two people with dementia are the same.
Services need to reflect the needs of individuals

13. Younger people Other conditions
Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
people living with dementia are under the age of 65.
1 out of 20
No two people with dementia are the same.
Services need to reflect the needs of individuals

14. Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
2,092,945
850,000
1,142,677
…more than the
entire population
of Birmingham,
the UK’s second
largest city.
…more than
the entire
population of
Liverpool,
Manchester and
Birmingham
combined.
2015 2025 2051
850,000 people live with dementia in the UK
...if we don’t take action this number is predicted to rise to over 2 million by 2051.

15. Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
225,000 people develop dementia every year,
that’s roughly one person every three minutes

16. Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society.
62% 17%
10%
4%
3%
2%
Alzheimer's disease Vascular dementia
Mixed dementia
Rarer causes
of dementia
Frontotemporal
dementia
Dementia with
Lewy bodies
What is dementia?
Dementia is caused by diseases of the brain, the most common of which is Alzheimer's.

17. Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society. Based on 2013 figures
1 in 688 people
under 65 have dementia.
1 in 14 people
over 65 have dementia.
1 in 6 people
over 80 have dementia.
The risk of dementia increases with age

18. Alzheimer’s Society (2014a).
Dementia UK: second edition. London: Alzheimer’s Society. Based on 2013 figures
North East
North West
Yorkshire and Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
East of England
London
South East
South West
34,289
89,783
67,630
60,254
73,406
82,516
72,009
121,512
84,413
685,812
43,477
66,773
19,765
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
0-20k
20-40k
40-60k
60-80k
80-100k
100k +
Dementia across the UK