Cognitive retraining programs for the elderly: a case study of cost benefit issues.
Memory improvement is a significant concern of the elderly. This paper addresses the costs and benefits of comprehensive non-medical cognitive retraining programs. An administrative cost analysis of one representative cognitive intervention program is presented and benefits in terms of foregone costs of nursing care are quantified.
D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs