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Our Dementia Advisors are here to support people with dementia, their partners, families and carers, along with local businesses and the community.

Dementia is not part of the natural ageing process. Dementia affects the brain, making it harder to remember things or think as clearly as before.

Social gathering for people with dementia and their carers to share experiences with other people living with dementia. 

Mental Health Minister Maureen Watt and colleagues took part in a Dementia Friends information session

Grace, aged 7, became the 90,000th Dementia Friend in Scotland.

A report highlighting the inequalities people living with advanced dementia face, in terms of accessing health care, and recommendations to reform current experiences.

An innovative project between Alzheimer Scotland and Dogs for Good, supporting families living with dementia, both at home and in community settings.

An approach to responding to the most complex phase of dementia.

The third strategy develops and builds on the work of the first and second strategies (2010-2013 & 2013-16). It continues to focus on diagnosis, post-diagnostic support and care co-ordination in the community, whilst looking at support for people with advanced dementia.