Engagement of Persons with Dementia in Public Consultations: Process Evaluation

Engagement of persons living with dementia in public consultations is central to the development dementia-friendly communities (DFC). However, due a lack resources and expertise how support their involvement, are not always involved processes for planning implementation DFC initiatives. To better understand methods that facilitate engagement consultations, we evaluated consultation Canadian initiative. A partially mixed-methods sequential equal status design guided this process evaluation. Data sources included surveys completed by participants, focus groups members group led process, report outlines findings. Study results highlight strengths limitations include recommendations engaging consultations. Results emphasize importance including initiatives as project partners participants.