On 18 December 2020, 3 months exactly after it launched the first paper in a series reflecting on evidence underpinning the impact of dementia friendly initiatives (DFIs), the World Dementia Council (WDC) has published the second paper in this series.
Globally, more and more countries have seen the launch of DFIs to raise awareness and to help people living with dementia to continue to live as well as possible.
The project came out of a 2018 WDC summit in London, which brought together dementia experts from across the globe to look at some of the challenges faced in reaching the 2025 goals on dementia, set by the G8 in 2013.
The WDC conducted literature reviews, held workshops around the world and issued a call for evidence. Evidence was submitted from across all six continents by governments, civil society, business, and people living with dementia and their caregivers.
The first paper was published in September and considered what different countries, organisations and individuals meant by “dementia friendly” and what the projects were trying to achieve.
This second paper considers how initiatives sought to deliver impact in three broad areas of ambition: raising awareness, enabling participation and providing support.
A subsequent, concluding paper will be published in coming months. The WDC welcomes feedback on the papers and will review all comments before producing a final report in 2021.
You can find the first and second papers, here:
