ADI estimated that, in Indonesia, dementia costs US$1,777 million in 2015 (Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2019, p.4). There has been no official data on dementia cost according to the Indonesian government or research institutions. However, in 2015, the Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Indonesia DY Suharya estimated that the annual cost associated with dementia in Indonesia has increased from US$1.7 billion to US$2 billion. Unpublished data from Alzheimer Indonesia’s database of caregivers provides information on the approximate dementia-related cost of care that families incur on a monthly basis. Out of 193 respondents, 10.9% reported spending less than IDR 1 million, 38.3% between IDR 1-3 million, 26.4% between IDR 3-5 million, 18.7% between IDR 5-10 million, and 5.7% spend more than IDR 10 million per month (Alzheimer’s Indonesia database, October 2019, unpublished).

References:

Alzheimer’s Disease International. (2019). World Alzheimer Report 2019: Attitudes to Dementia. Alzheimer’s Disease International.