Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- Dementia: a public health issue -- Objectives of the report -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPORT: METHODS -- CONTENTS OF THE REPORT -- CHAPTER 2 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA -- Global prevalence of dementia -- LATE ONSET DEMENTIA -- YOUNG ONSET DEMENTIA -- DISCUSSION - PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA -- Dementia subtypes -- REVIEW -- Global incidence of dementia -- Mortality associated with dementia -- REVIEW -- Economic impact: the global societal cost of dementia -- Etiology and potential for prevention -- Limitations -- COVERAGE -- QUALITY -- HETEROGENEITY -- Future trends -- Summary points -- CHAPTER 3 DEMENTIA POLICY AND PLANS, LEGISLATION AND ETHICAL ISSUES -- Dementia policies, plans and strategies -- NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL DEMENTIA POLICIES AND PLANS -- CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES -- DEVELOPING DEMENTIA POLICIES AND PLANS: KEY ASPECTS -- Social and legal protection, human rights and ethics -- SOCIAL PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CAREGIVERS -- SOCIAL PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CAREGIVERS: CURRENT SITUATION -- LEGAL PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CAREGIVERS -- ADDRESSING ETHICAL ISSUES -- Summary points -- CHAPTER 4 DEMENTIA HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SYSTEMS AND WORKFORCE -- Health and social care systems -- CARE PATHWAY FOR A PERSON WITH DEMENTIA -- LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES -- ORGANIZING LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES -- Care pathways for populations with specific needs -- Workforce capacity-building -- WORKFORCE ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE -- CAPACITY-BUILDING: KEY ISSUES -- LONG-TERM CARE WORKFORCE TRAINING: SPECIFIC ASPECTS -- GUIDELINES FOR DEMENTIA CARE -- THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC OF CARE WORKERS - THE MIGRANT WORKFORCE -- Summary points -- CHAPTER 5 DEMENTIA CAREGIVING AND CAREGIVERS -- Who cares?.

What do family caregivers do? -- What are the motivations to care? -- What are the consequences of caregiving? -- CAREGIVER STRAIN -- PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT -- IMPACT ON PHYSICAL HEALTH -- ECONOMIC IMPACT -- Interventions for caregivers -- ADVANCES IN COMMUNICATIONS AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES -- UTILIZATION OF CAREGIVER INTERVENTIONS: KEY ISSUES -- BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CAREGIVER SERVICES -- Strengthening caregiving -- Summary points -- CHAPTER 6 PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA: FROM AWARENESS TO ACCEPTANCE -- Awareness and understanding of dementia -- The impact of stigma -- PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF DEMENTIA -- PERCEPTIONS HELD BY PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CAREGIVERS -- ATTITUDES OF SERVICE PROVIDERS -- Awareness-raising campaigns -- THEME 1: RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA -- THEME 2: REDUCING THE STIGMA OF DEMENTIA -- THEME 3: RECOGNIZING THE EARLY SYMPTOMS TO AID IN TIMELY DIAGNOSIS AND INITIATION OF TREATMENT -- THEME 4: PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE -- THEME 5: PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT RISK FACTORS -- Developing a campaign -- Raising awareness in the political sphere: the role of advocacy -- Six stages of acceptance of dementia - a civil society perspective -- Summary points -- CHAPTER 7 THE WAY FORWARD -- The need for action -- The value of action -- The framework for action -- ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS-RAISING -- DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING DEMENTIA POLICIES AND PLANS -- HEALTH AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING -- RESEARCH AND EVALUATION -- Key messages -- REFERENCES.