New report exposes critical gaps in data about dementia

A new King’s Fund report, funded by Alzheimer’s Society, has said that addressing the ‘dementia data gap’ is key to delivering on the future recommendations of the Casey Commission and Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia. Lacking the basic data on dementia The report, titled ‘Delivering care for people with dementia – why data matters’, examines the available data on dementia care and finds that there were significant gaps leading to ‘a patchwork of incomplete insights, rather than a meaningful picture of care’. This causes significant issues for policymakers…

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