InstitutionsUK Alzheimer’s Society
For over 40 years, Alzheimer’s Society has been a powerful force for change, improving the lives of people living with dementia.
Over those crucial years we’ve nurtured our relationships with people living with the disease, to better understand the complexities of delivering support within a challenging health and social care system.
We’ve spent time listening to people who deal with the disease every day, and amplifying those voices to campaign governments for change.
We have also been at the forefront of science and research, backing the world’s brightest minds and funding life-changing breakthroughs.
In 2021, we prepared ourselves for a world that was once again changing, and developed a framework of priorities to bring about the seismic change so desperately needed. We call this framework our Help and Hope Strategy.
A strategy for change
Our five-year Help and Hope Strategy will help us make the biggest impact to people’s lives. We’re the only dementia charity to tackle every aspect of dementia and give help for today and hope for the future.
We give vital support to help people manage their condition today. We also give hope for the future by funding new treatments that could improve people’s quality of life, while also being the loudest voice campaigning for a better life for people living with dementia.
Four priorities
Our priorities are clear: to increase dementia diagnosis rates and build the mechanisms to get people seamless support.
We want to make sure we can do that for more people by having deep levels of involvement, co-designing and co-producing with people with dementia across the entire organisation.
- Reach more people
- Ensure more people get an accurate diagnosis faster
- To make dementia the priority it should be
- Increase our impact and strengthen our understanding
Bold ambitions
We want a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. To achieve this, we’re working to ensure that…
- Diagnosis is accurate and timely
- Support is easily accessible from day one
- No one is left to face dementia alone
- Dementia research is a priority
- New treatments are available in GP surgeries
- The cost of dementia is affordable for all
- Dementia is a priority for governments