Publication - Strategy/plan

New dementia strategy for Scotland: Everyone's Story

Published: 31 May 2023
Directorate: Mental Health Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Health and social care, Housing, +2 more … Programme for Government, Transport
ISBN: 9781805254263

The new Dementia Strategy for Scotland is a 10-year vision for change. This strategy was developed in collaboration with people with lived experience and our wider partners. It is the culmination of eight months of engagement with people across Scotland, focussed on how we improve delivery

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Alzheimer’s Disease International Dementia Statistics

2 Alzheimer’s Research UK Dementia Statistics

3 Scottish Government - National dementia strategy - 2017, based on European Prevalence Rates

4 World Health Organization information on Dementia

5 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - 2008

6 European Court of Human Rights - European Convention on Human Rights

7 Alzheimer’s Research UK - Dementia Statistics Hub

8 The Lancet Commission - Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care Report - 2020

9 NICE- Hospital Care - dementia

10 Scottish Government - Transforming specialist dementia hospital care: independent report - 2018

11 Care services - Dementia Statistics Hub

12 Scottish Government - National carers strategy - 2022

Contact

Email: dementiapolicy@gov.scot

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