- In the next few decades, diseases that occur as the age of the population increases will intensify the need for social and health care services.

- As far as costs are concerned, dementing memory diseases form the most significant disease group. The costs of progressive memory diseases are significant due to the large number of patients and the need for institutional care at later stages of dementia. In addition, patients with memory disease need plenty of tailored social and health care services.

- Even a small change in the therapeutic practice may significantly reduce the costs of treatment and improve the patient's quality of life.

- Centralising tasks to skilled memory units will reduce the need for resources in other social and health care units.

- Successful treatment requires a seamless and personalised chain of care that allows systematic monitoring and appropriately scheduled implementation of measures to help patients and their relatives to cope. A memory coordinator will facilitate a successful chain of care in the outpatient setting.

- The Finnish Alzheimer's Disease Research Society invited a panel of Finnish experts to draw up recommendations for the main aspects of good care in patients with memory disease. These recommendations should be implemented by setting up regional chains of care. The recommendations are meant for all those working with patients with memory disorders and for Finnish decision-makers.

- The recommendations describe the chain of care of memory disorders as a progressive process from diagnosis to severe disease. The recommendations consist of primary statements concerning good care that together form a continuous chain of care.