The last updated version of “The National Policy for Integrated Care for People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias” was in 12 November 2021.

Not applicable, Hong Kong does not have any dementia-specific national document.

Not applicable.

The document has not yet been updated.

Not applicable with regards to a dementia-specific national document. However, in line with the increased recognition of senior citizens, the National Policy for Senior Citizens (1997) was revised in 2018 (Ministry of Labour and Security, 2018) to meet the current socio-economic needs.

References:

Ministry of Labour and Security (MLSS). (2018). Green Paper: National Policy for Senior Citizens, 2018. Available from: https://opm.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Green-Paper-National-Policy-for-Senior-Citizens-1-1.pdf

To date, the Plan has not been updated.

The NZ Dementia Framework (NZDF) (Ministry of Health, 2013) was released by the Ministry of Health in 2013 as a guiding framework for the provision of dementia prevention, intervention, and care within the NZ health system. Led by a small group of dementia NGO’s clinicians, academics, and providers, “Improving dementia services in NZ – Dementia action plan 2020-2025 (2020)” (Mate Wareware Advisory Ropu, et al., 2021) was released as a plan for the whole dementia sector and outlined the most urgent steps for the next five years.

References:

Mate Wareware Advisory Ropu, et al., (2021). Improving Dementia Mate Wareware Services in Aotearoa New Zealand: Action Plan. Available from: https://cdn.alzheimers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dementia-Mateware-Action-Plan.pdf.

Ministry of Health. (2013). New Zealand Framework for Dementia Care. Wellington Ministry of Health.

Not applicable with regards to a national plan. Older Person’s Act on the other hand has been updated on the 29^th October 2006.