Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI)
News, blogs and stories from across the field of dementia, the work of Alzheimer’s Disease International and our members.
The month of March has marked significant progress in the development and implementation of National Dementia Plans (NDPs), with the #WhatsYourPlan campaign leading to the launch of plans in Uruguay and Armenia, bringing the total number of WHO Member States with NDPs to 41.
Silverado Senior Living is the first care home provider to receive ADI Accreditation since the launch of the accreditation programme in 2021.
ADI warmly welcomes the positive initial data reported today by Eisai and Biogen on the CLARITY AD global Phase 3 clinical trial of lecanemab.
In this press release, it is revealed that the World Alzheimer Report 2022 finds as many as 85 percent of people with dementia could be missing out on post-diagnosis care.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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 project, launching 1 September, will aim to raise funds for ADI through the sale of a collection of photographs in the form of NFTs.