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Highlights from the National Dementia Plan Pan Regional Workshop 2026
Government representatives, dementia associations and WHO experts gathered in London to share progress, tackle challenges and strengthen collaboration on developing and implementing effective National Dementia Plans worldwide.
The impact of caregiving in LGBTQ+ communities
In this exercept from the essay 'The impact of caregiving in LGBTQ+ communities', from the World Alzheimer Report 2022, Julien Rougerie outlines the challenges of caregiving faced by the LGBTQ+ community.
Living to the best of one’s ability
In this exercept from the essay 'Living to the best of one's ability', from the World Alzheimer Report 2022, Keith Oliver shares how the support of others has helped him to navigate life since his diagnosis 11 years ago.
How COVID-19 changed caring for my father
In this blog, Shamayne Leelawati shares how her caring journey for her father changed after COVID-19 and how it inspired her to change the narrative around post-diagnostic care.
ADI to apply for dementia drugs to be on WHO’s Essential Medicines List
ADI, alongside Newcastle University and the London School of Economics, is submitting an application to the WHO Expert Committee on the inclusion of anti-dementia medication and needs to hear from clinicians everywhere.
Addressing stigma towards dementia in Kenya
As a part of the STRiDE project, the STRiDE Kenya team recently developed an anti-stigma toolkit and 'train the trainers' manual which aims to change the public perception around dementia in Kenya.
The Opaleo NFT project
The project, launching 1 September, will aim to raise funds for ADI through the sale of a collection of photographs in the form of NFTs.
ADI invited to lead V20 work stream in preparation for G20
DY Suharya, ADI Regional director for Asia Pacific, will lead on a Values 20 (V20) work stream in preparation for the G20 summit, taking place on 15-16 November 2022.
Singing for the brain, community and world
In this blog from Peter Edwards, a Singing for the Brain™ Leader with Croydon Alzheimer’s Society (UK), Peter writes how one group of friends inspired a global singing project through their virtual singalongs during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.