Dementia care landscape in Nepal: Understanding the context, barriers, and opportunities for the development of a national dementia care plan.

This review underscores the urgent need to formulate a comprehensive national dementia care plan to address the growing challenges. Key priority action areas include the integration of dementia care into primary healthcare services, training workforce to provide the care, increasing awareness, mitigating stigma, developing caregiver support programs, and initiating high-quality research to inform evidence-based policymaking.