Dementia Awareness Week

The motion

That the Parliament acknowledges that Dementia Awareness Week takes place from 1 to 7 June 2008; welcomes dementia as a national clinical priority and encourages further action to ensure that people receive the services that they need and to plan for the future; appreciates that the national dementia strategy should progressively evolve to guide the development of dementia services in line with demographic change; is aware that in 2008 there are approximately 62,500 people with dementia in Scotland and that 1,500 of these people are under 65; recognises that the number of people with dementia will rise to approximately 108,000 by 2031; notes with concern that only 50% of people with dementia know that they have the illness; acknowledges the need to raise awareness of improving standards in the care home sector; recognises the importance of early diagnosis to enable people to be given information and support to come to terms with the illness; welcomes the publication of Alzheimer Scotland’s research study, Meeting our needs? – the quality and level of dementia support services in Scotland, that combines the views and experiences of people with dementia, carers and social work care managers to reveal a picture of community care services under pressure, in which people with dementia cannot rely on their needs being met, and calls on policy makers and community care planners to improve the level and quality of community support for people with dementia at a time when the number of people with dementia is growing and will continue to grow.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 29 SNP 12 Con 5 LD 3 Green 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-01940 by reference.