Coherent dementia care in the Netherlands. Workshop
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Introduction: In June 2002, the Ministry of public health, welfare and sport asked two organisations in partnership with de Dutch Alzheimer Association (DAA) to develop an nationwide programme for regional providers of care, welfare an cure to improve dementia care from client perspective. The result, of the Dutch National Dementia improvement program (NDP), is almost nationwide implemented (95%).
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