A computer model of service delivery for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: a tool for policy makers an

痴呆症的行为和心理症状(BPSD)影响大约90%的痴呆症患者。BPSD包括抑郁、攻击性和精神病，对痴呆症患者和照顾者有负面影响。BPSD的管理成本很高。该项目将更新和加强我们为BPSD提供服务的理论模型，将其转变为一个基于计算机的模型，以帮助卫生管理者和政策制定者。该模型将把痴呆症患病率的预测增长和未来相关的护理费用纳入其中。它还将纳入有关BPSD干预措施的信息，以及它们可能如何影响未来的流行率和成本。

Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) affect approximate 90% of persons with dementia. BPSD include depression, aggression and psychosis and have negative effects on persons with dementia and carers. Management of BPSD is costly. This project will update and enhance our theoretical model of service delivery for BPSD by turning it into a computer-based model to assist health managers and policy makers. This model will incorporate the projected increase in prevalence of dementia and project associated costs of care into the future. It will also incorporate information about interventions for BPSD, and how they may affect prevalence and cost in the future.