Following our year one collaborative project involving seven UK universities, Equadem has published its first major findings on creating equity in dementia care. The work, brings together the voices of people living with dementia, carers, health and social care professionals, and third-sector organisations to co-design practical solutions aimed at reducing dementia-related inequalities.
Over 131 participants took part in a series of Year One Co-Production Workshops, using a World Café approach to explore the systemic barriers that individuals and communities face in accessing dementia support. The workshops were held across all participating universities and facilitated open, inclusive conversations centred on lived experience.
The wide range of ideas generated during these sessions were then mapped against the Dementia Inequalities Model, allowing the team to assess how each proposed solution aligned with known determinants of inequity such as socioeconomic status, geographic location, cultural background, and access to post-diagnostic services.
Both the project team and Equadem Public Consultation Group worked together to synthesise the data, ensuring that community perspectives remained central throughout the analysis process. Their collective insights shaped a comprehensive set of priority actions designed to drive systemic change at local, regional, and national levels.
The research team described the publication as a “significant milestone in the national effort to address entrenched dementia inequalities through genuine co-production.”
The full article, published in February 2026, is now publicly accessible for those who wish to explore the findings in detail.
If you’d like to read the published article, you can access it here: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | Wiley Online Library