Swedish Dementia Centre – for a Dementia Friendly Society

The Swedish Dementia Centre is the national centre for excellence in the field of dementia. The centre collects, structures and disseminates knowledge about dementia. One of our principal tasks is to strengthen the links between research and practice and to communicate evidence based knowledge in a practical setting to health and social care givers. In collaboration with authorities and organisations, we work to inspire and promote the development of a more dementia-friendly society.

The website is divided into six areas; About dementia, Living with dementia, Working with dementia, Research, Education and Publications. It contains new research findings, current university programmes and courses as well as scales for diagnosis. There is also a calendar for upcoming events and conferences as well as a news section. We also run another website dedicated to young family members.

The education platform with more than 490 000 users contains online courses for various professional categories and for family caregivers. All courses are free of charge and available to everyone.

Other communication channels include newsletters, Twitter, Facebook and podcasts. Every year we participate and arrange workshops and conferences in Sweden and abroad.

Information sheets in different languages have been produced and are free of charge to download. The sheets cover different dementia-related topics. We will continuously post new subjects as soon as they become available. You can find the information sheets here (new window)