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The Dementia Friends initiative - supporting people with dementia and their carers: reflections from Japan

Globally, an estimated 46.8 million people are living with dementia (ADI, 2015). The figure for Japan is 5 million; this represents 15% of all those aged 65 years and over (MHLW, 2015). With no cure and few effective treatments, policy developments increasingly emphasise ‘living well’ with the condition within supportive families and friendly communities (DH, 2009, 2012a, 2012b; WHO and ADI, 2012). [...] Although evidence to support the positive impact of involving people with dementia in the Dementia Friends initiative is limited, the need to extend its ambitions to do so underpins the principle ‘Nothing about us, without us’, campaigned for by the JDWG and other dementia groups and activists nationally and internationally (Dementia Alliance International, 2015; Swaffer, 2015). 

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Type of Reference
Jour
Type of Work
Opinion
Publisher
Policy press
ISBN/ISSN
2397-883X
Publication Year
2017
Issue Number
2
Journal Titles
International Journal of Care and Caring
Volume Number
1
Start Page
281
End Page
287