Progress on dementia—leaving no one behind

The Lancet Commission Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care 1 Livingston G Sommerlad A Orgeta V et al. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Lancet. 2017; (published online July 20.)http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31363-6 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (3122) Google Scholar makes a timely evidence-driven contribution to global efforts to improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers, and limit the future impact on societies. The Commission proposes ambitious prevention targets, treatment of cognitive symptoms in people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia with Lewy bodies, individualised dementia care, provision of care for carers, planning for the future for patients and families, risk protection balanced with respect for autonomy, management of neuropsychiatric symptoms, consideration of dementia in end of life care, and use of technological innovations to improve care but not replace social contact. It recommends a comprehensive package of evidence-based actions that will complement wider global efforts to respond to the challenge of dementia. Prevention and management of dementia: a priority for public healthToday, nearly 50 million people worldwide have dementia, with this figure projected to increase to 75 million by 2030 and to 132 million by 2050,1 largely driven by population ageing. Dementia causes not only disability and dependency for individuals affected by the disorder, but can also have a profoundly detrimental effect on family and other carers, who are at high risk of developing depression and anxiety disorders.2 The cost of caring for people with dementia is more than US$800 billion per year globally, rising to $2 trillion by 2030. Full-Text PDF Dementia prevention, intervention, and careActing now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so, will transform the future for society. Full-Text PDF