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Early Detection Camps
Free memory screenings and cognitive assessments, delivered with neurologists and community hospitals across India.
Nearly 9 million Indians are estimated to be living with dementia.
A new case of dementia emerges somewhere in the world every three seconds. In India the scale is staggering and the silence is louder still. The Mishra Foundation exists to bridge that gap — with evidence-based, compassionate care.
India is home to 8.8 million people living with Alzheimer's and related Dementia — a number set to double by 2036.India faces a substantial shortage of trained dementia and geriatric-care professionals, contributing to major gaps in diagnosis and care. In that window, families are guessing, exhausted and increasingly isolated.
The cost is not only financial. In India,dementia caregiving can place substantial emotional, physical and financial demands on families and is associated with increased risk of caregiver stress, depression and anxiety.
Understand the crisis →
The 2024 Lancet Commission identified 14 potentially modifiable risk factors that, collectively, are estimated to account for approximately 45% of dementia cases globally.
Free memory screenings and cognitive assessments, delivered with neurologists and community hospitals across India.
Plain-language dementia education for schools, RWAs, senior groups and corporates — to remove stigma and speed up diagnosis.
Evidence suggests that structured caregiver education and support can improve caregiver knowledge, confidence and wellbeing.
Moderated peer groups where caregivers share, breathe and belong.
Funding and amplifying dementia research, with a focus on India-relevant care models and cost-effective interventions.
Policy engagement and public advocacy so that no person with Dementia/Alzheimers, and no caregiver, suffers in silence or without rights.
The Mishra Foundation was conceived with the recognition that India's response to Alzheimer's disease and dementia falls decades behind what families actually need. We are a registered non-profit voluntary organisation with programmes running across India and partnerships growing with institutions in the United States.
We are not a large organisation. But we are a committed one — rooted in the oldest Indian understanding of collective civic duty: that the wellbeing of each person is the responsibility of the community.
Read our full story →"India has one of the world's richest traditions of collective care. The Foundation seeks to extend these shared values to address one of the quietest health crises of our time: Alzheimer's disease and dementia."— Abhijeet Mishra, President, Mishra Foundation
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