Both the NZ Dementia framework and Dementia Action plan emphasise the importance of person-centred care. Indeed, one of the three guiding principles of the Dementia framework is “following a person-centred and people-directed approach” which includes empowerment to participate in decisions and choices that affect them (regardless of capacity) and the need to support self-determination. Similarly, the first guiding principle for the Dementia Action Plan is person-directed describing this as “people living with dementia, their whānau / families and care partners are placed at the forefront of decisions about their care and support and empowered to contribute to decision-making”.