Alzheimer's Society Comment On The Trial Of Personal Health Budgets, UK

Main Category: Alzheimer's / Dementia
Article Date: 09 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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Twenty sites across England have been selected to participate in a study to identify the benefits of Personal Budgets for health and patient groups who will gain most from them.

The budgets are intended to give patients the freedom to choose the services they want for themselves or a family member.

'Any move to give people with dementia more control over their healthcare is a positive step. People with dementia often tell us that they want to remain in their own home and a personal health budget could allow them to do so - this not only makes economic sense but could improve a person's quality of life. Alzheimer's Society awaits the outputs of this research and the insight this will provide into how the budgets will work in practice.

'It will be important that any future expansion of personalised budgets is done in a way which will ensure people with dementia are able to reap the benefits.'

Neil Hunt
Chief Executive

Source
Alzheimer's Society