Prevention and risk reduction in Canadian dementia strategies: a scoping review

Canadian dementia policy does not prioritize prevention, particularly risk reduction strategies that are population-based and stand to create the most impact. Future dementia strategies should focus on population-level prevention and risk reduction as a key priority in order to produce large, equitable reductions in dementia prevalence. Further, input from people with lived experience should be integral to the development of new policies, as well as built-in organizational accountability and funding to ensure timely uptake and success of policy objectives.