Alzheimer Europe’sMay 2023 newsletterbrings you the latest news on developments in the dementia field, across Europe and beyond.
Summaries of a few of our top stories appear below.
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Working in partnership with Alzheimer Europe, NHS England (NHSE) has published new guidance aiming to improve care for people living with dementia from an ethnic minority background. This is great recognition of our work on intercultural dementia care and of our 2020 guide on this topic, which served as the foundation of the new guide.
The "5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities" took place on 23 May at the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels and brought together over 600 disability advocates to discuss the role of the EU in advancing Disability Rights. Alzheimer Europe was represented at the event and the Chair of the European Working Group of People with Dementia, Chris Roberts spoke at one of the sessions.
On 30 May, the Multi-MeMo project hosted its kick-off meeting online. Multi-MeMo stands for “Shorter and longer-term mechanisms of multimodal interventions to prevent dementia” and is funded by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) in collaboration between national funders and the European Union. The project involves six partners, including Alzheimer Europe.
The Scottish Government has published a 10-year national dementia strategy, “Everyone’s Story”, which was developed over a period of eight months of engagement with people across Scotland, including people with lived experienced.
A record number of 539 abstracts was received this year, for our conference, which have all now been reviewed by our Scientific Committee and notifications have been sent to all applicants. The detailed programme for the conference is available to view on our website. Exciting news, also, for early stage researchers from European countries whose GNI is less than 90% of the EU average, as bursaries are available to attend and present at the conference!
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Working in partnership with Alzheimer Europe, NHS England (NHSE) has published new guidance aiming to improve care for people living with dementia from an ethnic minority background. This is great recognition of our work on intercultural dementia care and of our 2020 guide on this topic, which served as the foundation of the new guide.
The "5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities" took place on 23 May at the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels and brought together over 600 disability advocates to discuss the role of the EU in advancing Disability Rights. Alzheimer Europe was represented at the event and the Chair of the European Working Group of People with Dementia, Chris Roberts spoke at one of the sessions.
On 30 May, the Multi-MeMo project hosted its kick-off meeting online. Multi-MeMo stands for “Shorter and longer-term mechanisms of multimodal interventions to prevent dementia” and is funded by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) in collaboration between national funders and the European Union. The project involves six partners, including Alzheimer Europe.
The Scottish Government has published a 10-year national dementia strategy, “Everyone’s Story”, which was developed over a period of eight months of engagement with people across Scotland, including people with lived experienced. 
A record number of 539 abstracts was received this year, for our conference, which have all now been reviewed by our Scientific Committee and notifications have been sent to all applicants. The detailed programme for the conference is available to view on our website. Exciting news, also, for early stage researchers from European countries whose GNI is less than 90% of the EU average, as bursaries are available to attend and present at the conference!