Despite a marked reduction in the prevalence of dementia, the number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050 according to new Alzheimer Europe report

Newswise — Brussels, 18 February 2020 – Today, at a European Parliament lunch debate hosted by Christophe Hansen MEP (Luxembourg), Alzheimer Europe launched a new report presenting the findings of its collaborative analysis of recent prevalence studies and setting out updated prevalence rates for dementia in Europe.

Over the past three decades, a number of significant pieces of work have been undertaken to estimate the prevalence of dementia at a European level, including: 

• EURODEM study in the early 80s (updated in 2000)
• Alzheimer Europe’s project European Collaboration on Dementia – EuroCoDe (2006-2008)
• ALCOVE, the 1st EU Joint Action on Dementia…