As the population ages, a growing number of older people are developing dementia - around 600,000 people in England now have dementia, and this is set to double over the next 30 years. Labour is developing the first ever National Dementia Strategy, to increase public and professional understanding of the disease, improve early diagnosis and intervention, and improve the quality of dementia care. The focus, as elsewhere in social care, will be on avoiding the need for hospitalisation and maximising choice and control for people with dementia and their families and carers.

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