Alzheimers Australia has published a paper, Towards a National Dementia Preventative Health Strategy. The prevalence of dementia is projected to reach around one million by 2050 with the cost of dementia care expected to outstrip any other health condition. It is proposed that the framework for a National Dementia Preventative Health Strategy should be guided by principles that are in accord with the national Chronic Disease Strategy, including adopting a population health approach to dementia, investing in research and facilitating integrated multi-disciplinary care.
"The framework and strategy put forward in this publication is modest compared with the economic and social costs of dementia. Moreover, it is a way perhaps of reducing the negativity that surrounds dementia and the hopelessness that flows from feeling that nothing can be done."
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