New dementia strategy for Scotland: summary

Everyone's Story 

• 90,000 people in Scotland live with dementia. Of those, over 3,000 are under the age of 65 and some estimates suggest that 1 in 3 people born today will go on to develop dementia.
• Dementia is now recognised as a global health priority that affects everyone, as individuals, family members and citizens of our communities. We therefore view this strategy as 'everyone's story'.
• Building on our world leading policy commitments, this strategy sets out a long-term vision for change to meet the needs of people living with dementia and their care partners/unpaid carers.
• This summary sets out the difference we want to make. This includes:
  • Recognising dementia as a condition of the brain that affects the whole person, while upscaling efforts to address its mental health and wellbeing impacts
  • Ensuring services and supports are dementia-inclusive and create environments which enable people with dementia to live their best possible life
  • Deliver equity of access to information, treatment, care and support for people living with dementia
  • Uphold a person's human rights throughout their dementia journey
  • Ensure people are supported by a skilled, knowledgeable and trauma-informed workforce.
• We will work to deliver these and our other ambitions through a series of 2-year delivery plans, the first of which will be developed by the end of 2023.