Integrating dementia care into primary health services: lay health workers with internal facilitation in Uganda

OBJECTIVES: Dementia care is underdeveloped in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with limited specialist services. In Uganda's decentralized health system, Health Assistants supervise Lay Health Workers (LHWs), yet dementia care is not part of their remit. This study explored the feasibility of the WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care model with Internal Facilitation (WLDC+IF), in which Health Assistants support LHWs in delivering …