Effects and Costs of a Day Care Centre Program Designed for People with Dementia-A 24 Month Controlled Study

Anne Marie Mork Rokstad^1*, Ingeborg Halse¹, Signe Tretteteig¹, Maria Lage Barca¹, Øyvind Kirkevold¹, Louise McCabe², Geir Selbæk¹, Liv Taranrød¹, Ingelin Testad¹, Solfrid Vatne³, Corinna Vossius⁴, Anders Wimo⁵ and Knut Engedal¹

¹Ageing and Health, Norwegian Centre for Research, Education and Service Development, Vestfold Hospital Trust, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

²School of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, SCOTLAND, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

³Molde University Collage, Norway, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

⁴Centre for Age-releated Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

⁵Division of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

⁶Centre of Old Age Psychiatry Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Norway, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

⁷Gjøvik University College, Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing, Norway, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

⁸Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Norway, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

⁹Akershus University Hospital, Norway, E-mail: anne.marie.rokstad@aldringoghelse.no

^*Corresponding Author: Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, RN and PhD, Researcher and Post doc at Ageing and Health, Norwegian Centre for Research , Education and Service Development , Vestfold Hospital Trust, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway, Tel: +47 99509819 Email: