Social Psychiatric Aspects of Dementia

The future of a dementia-appropriate care rests on early diagnosis and treatment (also in terms of a timely information, counselling and assistance), developing mobile medical healthcare, integrating and coordinating all dementia care partners and stakeholders, appropriate assessments of the stages of care allowance, providing new forms of housing, addressing the migration issue, and reducing unnecessary administrative bureaucracy - as well as, last but not least, the fight against prejudice. People affected by dementia suffer not only from symptoms of their illness but also from society's reaction towards this illness. Stigmatisation of dementia prevents an early diagnosis and treatment which could improve the course of the illness and create a "better everyday life", a more of inclusion for the affected people and their environment. But Albert Einstein already knew: "It's harder to crack prejudice than an atom." Nevertheless, it is paramount to work towards it - for dementia can affect each and every one of us. Dementia matters, for all of us.