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IMAGE: In its newly-published guide, Alzheimer Europe encourages health and social care workers:
• to provide people from different ethnic communities with culturally appropriate and understandable information about dementia and existing services. view more
Credit: Alzheimer Europe 2020
Luxembourg, 17 December 2020 - Alzheimer Europe today launched two new publications: Intercultural dementia care for health and social care providers: a guide and Policy briefing on intercultural care and support for people with dementia and their informal carers/supporters .
The number of people with dementia from minority ethnic groups is increasing as migrant populations in Europe age and some ethnic groups have a higher risk of developing dementia. Although many symptoms of dementia can be managed with good care, the uptake of dementia care services by people from minority ethnic communities remains low.