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Patient Access & Health Equity

How Ontario Could Lead Access to Alzheimer’s Medicines

As Ontario works to better prioritize public access to new medicines, disease-modifying Alzheimer’s medicines must be prioritized. Alzheimer’s disease is on the rise amongst the Canadian population. “The numbers are growing,” says Dr. Sharon Cohen, a neurologist specializing in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Medical Director of the Toronto Memory Program, Canada’s largest memory clinic for … Continued
Patient Access & Health Equity

The New Program Connecting People with Dementia to Community Supports

The success of the DREAM program in diverting undiagnosed or non-acute dementia patients from hospital admission underscores the need for its expansion.  The number of Canadians living with dementia is growing and will continue to do so. “In Ontario alone, over 300,000 people are currently living with some form of dementia and this number is … Continued