Alzheimer Europe’sDecember 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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We are pleased to have been involved in a new e-book, published by the journal Frontiers in Neurology, as part of its “Research Topics” series, which are collections of at least ten articles, all centred on a particular subject. The e-book is titled "Impacts of public-private collaborative research on Alzheimer's disease: The case of the Innovative Medicines Initiative".
We have launched an important new publication which highlights continuing inequalities in access to dementia care and treatment across Europe: the “European Dementia Monitor 2023”. It is great to see that a number of countries were able to improve the situation of people with dementia and their carers. However, as in our previous editions (2020 and 2017), we can see that progress is not the same across all European regions.
Alzheimer Europe welcomed attendees to its lunch debate on 5 December 2023 in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by Vice-Chair of the European Alzheimer’s Alliance (EAA), Deirdre Clune MEP (Ireland). During the session, Alzheimer Europe launched its European Dementia Monitor and shared key messages for its forthcoming campaign in the run-up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024.
On 11 December 2023, Alzheimer Europe and Essity co-hosted an online Alzheimer’s Association Academy session discussing “Sustainable continence care”. Continence care is such an important topic that is not talked about enough and we were delighted to help shed some light on an area where there is still a lot of shame and stigma.
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We are pleased to have been involved in a new e-book, published by the journal Frontiers in Neurology, as part of its “Research Topics” series, which are collections of at least ten articles, all centred on a particular subject. The e-book is titled "Impacts of public-private collaborative research on Alzheimer's disease: The case of the Innovative Medicines Initiative". 
We have launched an important new publication which highlights continuing inequalities in access to dementia care and treatment across Europe: the “European Dementia Monitor 2023”. It is great to see that a number of countries were able to improve the situation of people with dementia and their carers. However, as in our previous editions (2020 and 2017), we can see that progress is not the same across all European regions. 
Alzheimer Europe welcomed attendees to its lunch debate on 5 December 2023 in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by Vice-Chair of the European Alzheimer’s Alliance (EAA), Deirdre Clune MEP (Ireland). During the session, Alzheimer Europe launched its European Dementia Monitor and shared key messages for its forthcoming campaign in the run-up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024.
On 11 December 2023, Alzheimer Europe and Essity co-hosted an online Alzheimer’s Association Academy session discussing “Sustainable continence care”. Continence care is such an important topic that is not talked about enough and we were delighted to help shed some light on an area where there is still a lot of shame and stigma.