Abstract: Japan, the first country in the world to enter the super-aging society, has been committed to exploring the professional care mode of dementia and building a sustainable comprehensive care system for dementia since the 1980s, and has accumulated much practical experience. Based on Japans official open data, this paper explores the key points of dementia care in different periods by sorting out the development process of its dementia welfare policy. Drawing on the experience of Japan and taking into account the current situation in China, this paper proposes to establish specialized nursing services for dementia, develop community embedded nursing institutions, establish long-term nursing service system, and establish a comprehensive integrated community with medical and nursing integrated service, which has practical implications for China. This is conducive to building a professional, efficient, sustainable, and comprehensive integrated dementia nursing residential support system in China, and to achieving a service-oriented and dignified elderly life with dementia.

Key words: dementia, nursing, living, welfare policy, community-based integrated-care system