About DDRC
The centre was founded with support from the Danish Health Foundation and the Ministry of the Interior and Health. I was established in connection with the existing memory clinic at Rigshospitalet, and the centre opened on World Alzheimer's Day September 21st, 2007.
Vision and values
Our vision, “A longer life without dementia – a better life with dementia,” provides us with the focus needed to accomplish our goals in finding solutions for prevention of cognitive decline and for improving health care for the benefit of people with dementia.
Our four key values serve to guide our priorities and organisational decisions.
Quality: Highly ambitious, we constantly strive to reach the highest professional standards, professionalism and innovation with regard to the development of our services.
Commitment: Our commitment is reflected in our work and our dedication to the goal of preventing dementia and improving the quality of life for patients with dementia and their caregivers.
Respect: We show respect for patients, caregivers, professionals and collaborators and for the ethical challenges related to caring for people with dementia. We are dedicated to understanding, including and meeting their needs.
Transparency: We assure transparency about our goals, methods and results and with regard to our professional relationships.
Strategy 2026-2030
Our four strategic priorities towards 2030 are:
• Early diagnosis.
• Prevention and early interventions.
• Health and patient safety.
• Living with dementia.
Five value cards mark our goals and ambitions for creating value and serve to guide our specific strategic initiatives towards 2030:
Groundbreaking research
We create value, when our research, analyses and data generate new knowledge which create new paths to better treatment and care and serves to form evidence for clinical practice.
Interdisciplinary national embeddedness
We create value, when we exchange experiences and knowledge nationwide with our target groups across municipalities, regions, sectors, organizations and professional groups.
User-involving innovation
We create value, when we strengthen the link from research to innovation and implementation in clinical practice and involve our users in the process.
Attractive source of information and evidence
We create value, when we make current evidence easily accessible in order to strengthen the quality of care for people with dementia and their caregivers.
Active public voice
We create value, when we strengthen our availability, visibility, and proactive participation in the public debate in our field.
The seahorse in the DDRC’s logo
The seahorse in the our logo resembles an area of the brain shaped like a seahorse, which is why it is called the hippocampus (Latin for seahorse). This area of the brain plays an important role in memory.