A multi-stakeholder collaboration model of dementia-friendly communities: Experiences from Nanjing, China.

ABSTRACT

The care for people with dementia (PwD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is dominated by home care and supplemented sporadically by public care provided using public resources. In the context of community resources cannot meet the demand for high-quality services for PwD, dementia-friendly communities (DFCs) provide ideas for alleviating this situation by integrating resources from multiple stakeholders. However, there is still a considerable gap between the capacity of services and the demand of PwD. Based on the experience of elderly services and DFCs construction in Nanjing, China, this study developed a stakeholder collaboration model and clarified the collaborative relationship among stakeholders such as the government, communities, and medical institutions in meeting the needs of PwD. This work summarizes the partnerships and specific actions of stakeholders and highlights the importance of facilitating resource integration to provide comprehensive services.