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Policy and advocacy
Publication date: 
2015

This short video tells what is like to live with dementia, and the impact that the condition can have on family and professional life. It outlines what each of us can do to help people living with dementia. It also emphasizes the role that country leaders can play in improving the lives of people living with dementia today, and in working towards a cure. Over 47 million people live with dementia worldwide. This figure is expected to almost triple by 2050.

 

Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Disorder: 
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
Population: 
Families and carers
Region: 
Africa
Middle East
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
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