| Key principles that have emerged to inform national policy frameworks |
Principles emphasised by all member states |
Principles emphasised by most member states |
| 1.People with dementia should be enabled to remain at home for as long as possible |
1.There should be a systematic attempt to equate services provision with n |
| 2.Carers should receive as much help as possible to help them keep patients at home. |
2.categorical care should be replaced by care that addresses the genral nees of patients. |
| 3.Dementia patients shold remain maximum control over the support they receive. |
3.Early diagnosis of dementia should be encouraged. |
| 4.All relevant services sould be coordinated at the local level. |
4.The needs of people with dementia sould be addressed only as part of the general approach to older people at the national level. |
| 5.Patients in institutional care should live in surroundings which are as home like as possible. |
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