| Sumario: | The article focuses on the association between dementia mortality, multimorbidity, and socioeconomic deprivation in England, based on analysis of nearly one million death certificates from 2013 to 2023. It highlights that dementia rarely occurs alone in older adults, with most individuals experiencing multiple coexisting chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, and that greater socioeconomic deprivation correlates with increased multimorbidity at death. The findings support a broader brain health and chronic disease prevention framework, emphasizing integrated care models and policy approaches like the Core20PLUS5 framework, which targets health inequalities among older adults by addressing frailty, dementia, multimorbidity, and end-of-life care. The article underscores the need for coordinated healthcare strategies that consider social determinants and complex aging trajectories to improve outcomes for people living with dementia.
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