Dementia Calculator

Over 50 million people worldwide have dementia, which is expected to grow to 150 million by 2050. Research suggests that a large proportion of these dementia cases may be attributable to things we can change about our daily lives, like smoking, physical inactivity and stress.

The Dementia Calculator is a web-based tool designed to help community-dwelling adults 55 years of age and older better understand their brain health and the things they can do to reduce their risk of developing dementia. The calculator asks questions about you (including your age, marital status, education and ethnicity), your lifestyle behaviours (including smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity), your general health (including stress, sense of belonging and presence of health conditions) and your physical functioning. Using the answers, the calculator estimates your brain age, a measure of how healthy your brain is, and predicts your risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the next five years. The calculator also makes recommendations about what you can do to improve your brain health and reduce your risk of developing dementia.

For more information on dementia resources, please visit: www.projectbiglife.ca/dementia-resources

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