This report has reviewed existing National Dementia Plans from around the world, and puts forward recommendations for governments on what a best practice plan should include and how it should be developed and implemented.
As prevalence of dementia and associated care costs soar, these plans will become increasingly important in keeping long-term care affordable and sustainable.
The report, Improving Dementia Care Worldwide, was written by Professor Anne Margriet Pot and Dr Ionela Petrea from the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos-institute).
Commenting on the report, Professor Pot said: “None of the current Plans we reviewed serve as a ‘gold standard’ but there are certainly lessons that one government can learn from the experiences of another – to decide what would be the right content for the plan to focus on, how to develop a plan in an efficient way and how to stimulate the effectiveness of its implementation.”
