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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

One week until the WDC Summit. 📅 On Oct. 20 at the Francis Crick Institute, international and UK leaders examine what earlier diagnosis, new treatments and prevention mean for clinical pathways, health systems and people living with an early diagnosis. Learn more: bit.ly/40bH0mO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Treatments are arriving, diagnosis is moving earlier and health priorities are shifting. The World Dementia Council is convening in London, Guangzhou and Bengaluru this autumn, with December virtual dialogues on treatments, AI, advocacy and the new patient. Learn more: bit.ly/4sFS0p9

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Earlier detection raises questions the field has not had to answer before: how to communicate risk responsibly, how to organise sustained support, how to make sure detection leads to better outcomes. All on the agenda at the WDC Summit, Oct. 20 in London. bit.ly/40bH0mO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As diagnosis moves earlier, sometimes before symptoms, people arrive at dementia services with different needs. On Oct. 20, the WDC Summit, “The New Patient: Before symptoms, after diagnosis,” convenes international and UK leaders at the Francis Crick Institute. Learn more: bit.ly/40bH0mO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Biomarkers, digital testing, remote monitoring, AI. The World Dementia Council update in @alzdemjournals.bsky.social looks at what has to be validated, financed and scaled if earlier detection of Alzheimer's is to reach health systems with very different resources: bit.ly/46JTlBZ

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As diagnostics and treatment for Alzheimer’s disease advance, health systems face new questions on equitable access, workforce and long-term support. The World Dementia Council will explore these at the 2026 Summit in London. Learn more: bit.ly/40bH0mO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

World Alzheimer's Day is a global moment to raise awareness for the more than 55 million people worldwide living with Alzheimer's and dementia, and the carers who support them. The World Dementia Council remains committed to advancing progress on their behalf. #WorldAlzheimersDay

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Two days that gave the region a great deal to work with. Thank you to @alzassociation.bsky.social for building this with us, and to everyone who travelled to Buenos Aires or joined online. The evidence is in. The work of delivering it starts now.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This week we are in Buenos Aires for Brain Health and Cognition in Latin America, a meeting we are holding with @alzassociation.bsky.social. LatAm-FINGERS showed a multidomain lifestyle programme can work across 11 countries. The question now is what it takes to reach health systems.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The 2026 World Dementia Council Summit will bring senior leaders from government, research, philanthropy, health care and industry to London this October to shape policy on Alzheimer’s diagnosis, treatment and dementia care. Learn more: bit.ly/40bH0mO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Science is no longer the field's central constraint. Delivery is. The World Dementia Council update in @alzdemjournals.bsky.social reports on the advocacy breakfast held alongside AAIC in London, and what it will take to reach people with new treatments and care. Read July's update: bit.ly/4qP6brO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Alzheimer’s disease is increasingly detectable before symptoms appear. At the 2026 Summit, “The New Patient: Before symptoms, after diagnosis,’’ the World Dementia Council will examine what this shift means for diagnosis, care and support systems worldwide. Learn more: bit.ly/40bH0mO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Health systems in the US, Japan, China and Israel have managed new Alzheimer’s treatments without being overwhelmed. The World Dementia Council’s update for @alzdemjournals.bsky.social looks at why that real-world evidence isn’t yet shifting reimbursement decisions across Europe: bit.ly/4hzZHKA

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

On 20 October, the World Dementia Council will convene senior leaders from government, research, philanthropy, health care and industry for its 2026 Summit, "The New Patient: Before symptoms, after diagnosis," at the Francis Crick Institute in London. Learn more: bit.ly/40bH0mO

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Regulators have approved the first disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, but patients across much of Europe still cannot access them. The World Dementia Council’s update for @alzdemjournals.bsky.social explores what is driving that gap: bit.ly/4hzZHKA

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

As #AAIC26 draws to a close, the World Dementia Council is proud to have had members and trustees contributing throughout the week — advancing Alzheimer's and dementia research and policy on the global stage. The work continues. Learn more about our work: worlddementiacouncil.org🌍

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

At #AAICForAll, @WHO's Tarun Dua presents updated dementia risk reduction guidelines — practical strategies for real-world impact. As a WDC Associate Member, WHO is helping lead the global effort to turn evidence into action. Read the guidelines: bit.ly/4f4OmRl

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"There is a great deal of hope" @lennyshallcross makes the case that dementia is no longer a field without answers — treatments, prevention & technology are converging to change the future. Ensuring that progress reaches everyone, everywhere, is the defining challenge #AAICForAll

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today at #AAIC26 For All, WDC Executive Director Lenny Shallcross addresses “Global Impact of Dementia — Public Health Perspectives” in the Clinical Practice Guidance and Resources session for dementia care professionals. Essential perspective on the global dementia challenge.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“The Public Policy Challenge: From Science to Delivery” convened leaders to discuss what it will take to ensure dementia’s scientific breakthroughs reach people everywhere. Thanks to all who joined us for this essential discussion. #AAIC26

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A sharp counterpoint to close: "living well with dementia" can obscure a hard truth — the disease is brutal. But progress is real, research is advancing, and if we mobilise and sustain the effort, it doesn't have to stay that way. #AAIC26

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The conversation continues: moving the dial on dementia policy means keeping people at the centre — sharing the stories of those living well with the condition and ensuring the human reality drives the research and the debate. #AAIC26

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The discussion turns to Capt. Sully Sullenberger's recent Alzheimer's diagnosis — and it lands as a call to action. His own words say it best: "Courage can be contagious — now we need that courage to battle this disease." #AAIC26

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

WDC Chair and Alzheimer's Association President & CEO Joanne Pike is unequivocal at the WDC policy breakfast alongside #AAIC26: "The system is not prepared — and shame on us. We should all be moving. Because the moment is coming."

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A compelling point from an attendee at the WDC policy breakfast alongside #AAIC26: progress demands advocacy — sustained, coalition-building, refusing to take no for an answer. "We can't fit the Alzheimer's care model into our existing system. We need to be creative."

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The conversation is now open at the WDC policy breakfast alongside #AAIC26 — attendees joining the panel to discuss what it will take to move dementia science into policy and practice.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

At the WDC policy breakfast alongside #AAIC26, Richard Angell of Terrence Higgins Trust shares the lessons of HIV/AIDS advocacy for the dementia field: stigma slowed progress, but when people started to survive — and when a community mobilised — it changed everything.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

At the WDC policy breakfast alongside #AAIC26, MIchelle Dyson of @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social on what moves policy: an electorate that demands action — and the power of the personal. When dementia touches policymakers themselves, it changes the calculus.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The World Dementia Council policy breakfast is under way alongside #AAIC26. A week of remarkable science — now the conversation turns to policy: what will it take to move breakthroughs into action? Lenny Shallcross opens with a panel of leaders from across the field.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today’s WDC at #AAIC26 highlights include: 🔹 The World Dementia Council Advocacy Breakfast, in partnership with @alzassociation.bsky.social. Experts will discuss what it will take to turn scientific progress into meaningful change for patients.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The science on brain health is there. The gap is communication. At #AAIC26, a sharp discussion on why people aren't connecting everyday health behaviours to brain health — and what it takes to change that. Fear worked for tobacco. What's the frame for dementia?

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On persuading policymakers at #AAIC26: individual decision-makers don't know the science. The job is to bring the research to them in terms they understand — and connect it to the people they represent.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Scientific findings are the starting point, not the finish line. A key message from today's session at #AAIC26: governments must fund implementation, not just research — the gap between evidence and action is where progress stalls. 🧠

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happening Now: WDC Executive Director Lenny Shallcross co-chairs “Brain Health in Action: Organisation-Led Efforts Across the Globe” at #AAIC26. A timely session on what organisations around the world are doing to translate dementia science into action. 🧠🌍

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

WDC at #AAIC26 Day 3: 🔹AD-RIDDLE Project findings w/ Miia Kivipelto 🔹 Brain Health in Action, chaired by Lenny Shallcross 🔹 Vascular-Immune Interactions, chaired by Stacie Weninger 🔹 Karnataka Brain Health Initiative, presented by Suvarna Alladi 🔹 World-Wide FINGERS, presented by Miia Kivipelto

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WDC Vice Chair @caramellipaulo.bsky.social presents findings from LatAm-FINGERS at #AAIC26 — a large randomised controlled trial exploring multidomain lifestyle interventions to prevent cognitive decline in Latin America. Critical research with global implications for brain health. 🌎

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WDC Trustee @PhilipAlz presents at the Featured Research Session on Alzheimer’s Therapy: Mechanisms Beyond Amyloid at #AAIC26 — sharing Broadway Trial findings on predictors of plasma p-tau217 in cardiovascular patients. Important work advancing biomarker science. 🔬

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Good morning from London — Day 2 of #AAIC26. Today’s WDC highlights: 🔹 Reserve and Resilience in Cognitive Impairment, chaired by Paulo Caramelli 🔹 Alzheimer’s Therapy: Mechanisms Beyond Amyloid, featuring Philip Scheltens 🔹 LatAm-FINGERS results, presented by Paulo Caramelli

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🧠 Join @joannepikedrph, chair of the World Dementia Council, for the ASK! Session at #AAIC26 — a unique opportunity to hear insights on global dementia policy, progress and priorities. Don’t miss it.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“In four decades we have moved the needle with regards to dementia research in our region from a total void at the beginning to notable contributions in documenting rising dementia burden” — Adesola Ogunniyi, M.D., during his remarks at #AAIC26.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Congratulations to WDC Trustee Adesola Ogunniyi, M.D., recipient of the Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award, presented during the opening plenary of #AAIC26. A well-deserved recognition of a remarkable contribution to the dementia field.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“No matter where in the world you live, everyone deserves an opportunity to reduce their risk, get diagnosed, access treatment and care, and receive support. Our global community has a responsibility to make sure that happens." — World Dementia Council, Chair Joanne Pike opens #AAIC26

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Day 1 of #AAIC26 is here. Today’s WDC member highlights include: 🔹 Clinical Drug Development, chaired by Philip Scheltens 🔹 Sex & Gender Differences in AD, chaired by Suvarna Alladi 🔹 AI & Informatics, chaired by Arthur Toga Don’t miss the opening session with WDC Chair Joanne Pike.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The world’s leading Alzheimer’s and dementia researchers gather in London tomorrow for #AAIC26. Follow the contributions from World Dementia Council members — and look out for our policy breakfast Wednesday on turning scientific progress into real-world delivery.

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Coming up at #AAIC26: The World Dementia Council, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, hosts “The Public Policy Challenge: From Science to Delivery” on 15 July in London. bit.ly/AAICbreakfast2026

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Ahead of #AAIC26 in London, WDC Executive Director Lenny Shallcross asks what dockless bikes can teach the field about getting treatments to patients, and why closing the access gap matters as much as the science. Read his curtain raiser: bit.ly/4wqjjFa

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Tauopathy research is advancing, but breakthroughs won’t reach patients without stronger infrastructure. The World Dementia Council’s update for @alzdemjournals.bsky.social covers calls from the Tau Global Conference for shared data, trial-ready cohorts and embedded patient voice: bit.ly/4bjk36U

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Science is moving. The harder question is what happens next. The WDC and @alzassociation.bsky.social will convene “The Public Policy Challenge: From Science to Delivery” alongside #AAIC26 in London on 15 July. Learn more: bit.ly/AAICbreakfast2026

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Tomorrow, @hilaryevansnewton.bsky.social chairs a WDC dialogue on treatment access in Europe — and what it will take to get payers to follow regulators. Learn more: bit.ly/4seP96q

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

In much of Europe, regulators have approved disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — but payers haven’t followed. Next week, @hilaryevansnewton.bsky.social chairs a WDC dialogue on what it will take to change that. Learn more: bit.ly/4seP96q

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