Treatment and care

According to WHO, There is no treatment currently available to cure dementia or to alter its progressive course. Numerous new treatments are being investigated in various stages of clinical trials.

Much can be, however, offered to support and improve the lives of people with dementia and their caregivers and families. The principal goals for dementia care are:

• early diagnosis
• optimizing physical health, cognition, activity and well-being
• identifying and treating accompanying physical illness
• detecting and treating behavioural and psychological symptoms
• providing information and long-term support to caregivers.