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Statistics on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
(Please note: The below figures do not include the countless family members and caregivers who must cope with the effects of the disease.)
Ottawa
• 11,000 people in Ottawa have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (1)
• 2,000 new cases of Alzheimer's disease each and every year for foreseeable future (1)
• Approximately 70% of individuals living in Ottawa’s long term care facilities have some degree of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia (2)
• One-half of the new cases will require long-term facility care and the other half will need at least some community support service like home care (2)
See source (1)
• 1,600 people in Renfrew County have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (1)
• Over 500,000 Canadians (or 1 in 11 over the age of 65) have dementia. Of the 500,000, over 70,000 are under age 65. (3)
• Within a generation, the number of Canadians with dementia will more than double, reaching 1.1 million people. (3)
• In 2008, there were 103,700 new cases of dementia, or one new case every five minutes. Within one generation, by 2038, incidence will rise to one new case every two minutes or 257,800 new cases. (3)
• For dementia alone, the number of family caregiving hours is expected to more than triple, increasing from approximately 231 million hours in 2008 to 756 million hours by the year 2038. (3)
Sources
1. Dr. Robert Hopkins, PCCC Mental Health Services, Kingston (January 2002 based on 1996 census and incorporating the prevalence data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging)
2. Alzheimer Care Inventory, Ottawa-Carleton (1996)
3. Rising Tide–The Impact of Dementia on Canadian Society. Alzheimer Society of Canada, January 2010.