Yes. Nowadays, the care pathway in Brazil focuses on older people’s multidimensional assessment in the context of healthy ageing. Healthcare is not only centred on the absence of disease, but is focused on the maintenance of independence, avoidance of functional capacity loss, and promotion of good quality of life (Brazilian Ministry of Health, 2018e).

References:

Brazilian Ministry of Health. (2018e). Orientações Técnicas para a Implementação de Linha de Cuidado para Atenção integral à Saúde da Pessoa Idosa no Sistema Único de Saúde—SUS. Ministério da Saúde do Brasil.

No data was sourced due to a lack of dementia policy in Jamaica.

The dedicatory of the plan presents a recommendation for a humanistic, compassionate, person-centred, and quality-of-care approach; however, this concept is not developed throughout the full text.

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”.

Not applicable as there is no dementia-specific policy or plan for South Africa.