Emphasise capability, not disability: exploring public perceptions, facilitators and barriers to living well with dementia in Northern Ireland.

Public perceptions about dementia have the potential to act as both facilitators and barriers to living well with dementia. People with dementia stated that they are more likely sustain wellbeing when they are valued and can maintain independence. On the contrary, poor public and professional attitudes to dementia had the potential to disempower people living with dementia.