The University Hospital Foundation has announced a new project designed to provide support for individuals living with dementia in Alberta and their families.

The project is called the Dementia Care Pathways Project, an initiative aimed at transforming how dementia is diagnosed and supported.

Led by University of Alberta researchers Dr. Adrian Wagg and Dr. Holly Symonds-Brown, the Dementia Care Pathways Project aims to help family physicians and primary care providers detect early signs of dementia, identify needed community supports, and gather data about dementia in the province.

“By creating a system-level care pathway from the perspective of the end-user and designed to address many of the obstacles to early diagnosis, we hope to overcome the torturous and fragmented journey that ma

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