No, there is no associated cost.

Yes. Please refer to question 07.01.08.

Full-time dementia day-care and residential care homes do charge for their services including organisations like ARDSI and NMT. Although subsidised rates are offered to lower-socioeconomic groups.

There is no information on payment for accessing services for people with dementia or their carers. However, Alzheimer’s Indonesia sells various merchandise such as books and stationeries to raise funds for the operational costs of the provided services (https://store.alzi.or.id/product). We have learnt informally that ALZI is testing a new program called ‘care navigator’ which provides online support to family carers by connecting them to experts who can help them address problems they are facing at home, such as behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), combined with education sessions on dementia care skills. One session costs about IDR 500,000 (approximately USD 30, rate as of July 2020), which is put towards the operational costs of the programme.

No data has been sourced, as there is no dementia-specific policy, and the only dementia-specific NGO does not have a national office.

The services provided by Alzheimer’s and Dementia Organization of Kenya are free.

While some services such as support groups are mostly free of charge or they may ask for small fees or “recovery” costs, all-day care centres charge a fee as well as care homes given that they are private and they make up most of their income to be then used for carers salaries, meals, etc., provided by them.

Services provided by NGOs are generally free for the PLWD and funded based on need by the NASC agency.

Information services (e.g., medical, legal) and joining local support groups are usually free. However, where other services like respite care, home-based care, etc. are needed, these are sourced at a cost to the family.