As the number of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias rapidly escalates in the coming decades, the need for effective public health risk reduction strategies that help all communities grows larger by the day.
The first-ever Dementia Risk Reduction Summit explored how public health can address the risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia across the public health prevention spectrum: from working in partnerships and with health systems to addressing community education and workplace practices. Learn more about the Alzheimer’s Association public health efforts around risk reduction at: https://www.alz.org/professionals/public-health/public-health-topics/risk-reduction
This video covers the topic of Changing Organisational Practices, which was addressed during Day 1, Session 2 of the Risk Reduction Summit. Learn more about the Risk Reduction Summit at: https://alz.org/RiskReductionSummit
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