Vision and mission
The vision of the Dementia Competence Centre is to ensure that people with dementia syndrome and their loved ones live a dignified life in Estonia.
The mission of the Dementia Competence Centre is to improve the coping and quality of life of people with dementia and their loved ones by implementing activities that raise awareness of dementia and the possibilities of getting help, and improve the quality and accessibility of health and welfare services.
Values
The Dementia Competence Center sets its daily activities and collaborations with the aim of contributing to four simple and universally important goals: to strive to prevent dementia, diagnose it early, enable people to live well with dementia, and die with dignity.
The DKK strategic plan also aligns with the core principles expressed in the Alzheimer Europe Strategic Plan 2021–2025, which states that every person with dementia has the right to:
- A timely diagnosis;
- High-quality diagnostic support;
- Person-centered, coordinated, and high-quality care throughout their life;
- Equal access to treatment and therapeutic interventions;
- Be respected as an individual within their community.
Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027
DKK strategic objectives
DKK’s strategic plan contributes to the main objectives of Estonia’s long-term care policy making in the coming years: preventing, reducing and supporting the labour market participation of informal carers and integrating social and health policies to create a coherent long-term care system. DKK’s strategic plan also focuses on the challenges identified in the Welfare Programme 2019-2022 – there are wide disparities in the provision of welfare assistance between local authorities, with many municipalities failing to provide the minimum required range of services. There is a lack of a comprehensive assessment of the need for and effectiveness of social services, which means that people do not always receive the help they need in a timely manner, the definition of what constitutes a quality service needs to be harmonised, and the monitoring of social services needs to be strengthened.
DKK’s strategic plan 2023-2027.
Team and contacts
Telephone: 5831 7500
E-mail: piret@dementsus.ee
Telephone:

5561 9318
E-mail: hs@dementsus.ee
Telephone: 5814 2984
E-mail: info@dementsus.ee
Telephone: 5848 1652
E-mail: kadi@dementsus.ee
