National Dementia Strategy

National Dementia Strategy.

National Dementia Strategy.

Use of cognitive screening instruments in primary care: the impact of national dementia directives (NICE/SCIE, National Dementia Strategy).

BACKGROUND Publication of national dementia directives, namely the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence/Social Care Institute for Excellence (NICE/SCIE) guidelines (2006) and the National Dementia Strategy (NDS; 2009), has aimed to improve dementia awareness, diagnosis and management in all sectors of the health service. AIM To measure the frequency of cognitive screening ins...

Features of the Japanese national dementia strategy in comparison with international dementia policies: How should a national dementia policy interact with the public health- and social-care systems?

BACKGROUND The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of the Japanese national government announced a "Five-Year Plan for Promotion of Measures Against Dementia (Orange Plan)" in September 2012. This article described features of the Japanese dementia strategy in comparison with international dementia policies. METHODS An international comparative study was implemented on national dementia p...

National Dementia Strategy: well intentioned--but how well founded and how well directed?

The National Dementia Strategy was published in February 2009. It was eagerly anticipated and has generated a good deal of sustained media interest, widened awareness, and heightened expectation of better help for people with dementia. The three ambitions of the strategy--to raise awareness, facilitate assessment, and improve services--are unquestionably correct; but the assumptions, emphases, ...