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Residential Setting and the Cumulative Financial Burden of Dementia in the 7 Years Before Death

JAGS

Amy S. Kelley, MD, MSHS, Kathleen McGarry, PhD, Evan Bollens-Lund, MA, Omari-Khalid Rahman, MA, Mohammed Husain, MA, Katelyn B. Ferreira, MPH, and Jonathan S. Skinner, PhD

Care for older adults with dementia during the final years of life is costly, and families shoulder much of this burden. We aimed to assess the financial burden of care for those with and without dementia, and to explore differences across residential settings.

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