Maud Hevink

| 77 4 Key points • Support for people with dementia and their informal caregivers can be improved. • Roughly one-third of people with dementia and informal caregivers indicated that support after the dementia diagnosis had not helped them deal more efficiently with their concerns. • People with dementia tend to be more satisfied with information and advice and have greater confidence in their ability to live well with dementia compared to informal caregivers. • Informal caregivers report better health literacy and satisfaction with access to care compared to people with dementia. • Information provision for people with dementia and informal caregivers should be tailored, accessible, evidence-based and it should include a range of strategies individuals can choose to adopt can assist them to live positively with dementia.

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