Our mission
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our vision is a future where dementia doesn’t exist. Our mission is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone.
Our goals
Our goals are to prevent dementia by empowering people to look after their brain health, continue to care for as many people as we can who are living with dementia and to help find a cure by funding research and campaigning for people to have access to any treatments available.
Prevent
Research shows that up to 45% of dementia could be preventable. Some risk factors such as age and genetics are impossible to change, but we now know that making certain lifestyle changes can greatly reduce your risk of developing dementia.
Alzheimer Scotland launched Brain Health Scotland in 2020 to promote lifelong brain health and create a legacy of long term dementia prevention strategies, By reaching out as early as possible into our schools and wider communities, we can actively engage with the public on brain health and prevention.
Care
We know that with the right support, people can and do live well with dementia for many years. At Alzheimer Scotland, the core of our work is, and will always be, ‘care’. We want to help ensure that those living with dementia have access to, and receive, the highest quality of care.
Cure
We are seeing more and more developments in the world of dementia research. From Alzheimer’s disease breakthroughs, to using blood-based biomarkers for earlier diagnosis, promising steps forward are being made. For us, research brings hope.
By continuing to fund and support research we believe our vision of a world where dementia doesn’t exist can be achieved.
How we achieve our mission
It’s only with your support that our mission, vision and goals can be achieved.
Your generous donations and fundraising helps us:
- provide information and emotional support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year via our Freephone Dementia Helpline
- welcome people with dementia, their carers and families to our Brain Health & Dementia Resource Centres to meet with our staff, attend a group or meet people in similar circumstances and build new friendship groups
- offer support to people with dementia, their carers and families through our network of Dementia Advisors
- hold a wide range of innovative community led groups
- engage with local communities to build a wider understanding of dementia through our Dementia Friends programme
- commit to funding research to prevent, care and cure dementia.
Get involved
If you would like to get involved, you can support Alzheimer Scotland in a number of ways. Whether it is making a donation, fundraising, volunteering or becoming an Alzheimer Scotland member, you can get involved today.