World Alzheimer's Report 2013 Journey of Caring: An analysis of long-term care for dementia

The latest World Alzheimer's Report takes a closer look at the global trends for dementia care in residential aging facilities.  The report looks at different policies, procedures and the statistics from all continents.  Some of the issues discussed in the report include:

• Prevalence of dementia
• Reasons for transitions into long-term care
• End-of-life care
• Measuring quality of care
• Popularity of advance care planning
• Person-centered care
• Financing long-term care

For more information and to download the report, please visit http://www.alz.co.uk/research/WorldAlzheimerReport2013.pdf