As the global population ages, dementia care is becoming a pressing issue, and this is felt most acutely in Low and Middle-Income countries (LMICs) where healthcare infrastructure struggles with the growing demand.

Over the past decade, World Jewish Relief has worked extensively with its local partners in eastern Europe, providing support to older people facing this challenging disease in poorly equipped environments, through COVID-19 and the full-scale war in Ukraine.

Our work in this area was recently evaluated externally by Key Impact, revealing important insights into successful interventions – and highlighting what still needs to be improved – when it comes to delivering effective dementia care in LMICs.

Providing Effective Dementia Care in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Continue reading

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Beth Staffer is Head of the Older Peoples Programmes at World Jewish Relief, an OLAM partner. The above excerpt has been reprinted with WJR's permission.