Delighted to have been invited to contribute the concluding remarks, ‘L’esperienza dell’Alzheimer: una vista differenziata e collettiva’ [The full view of the lived experience of Alzheimer’s disease], to a study on ‘Real experiences and memories in care: Narrating dementia in Alzheimer’s disease’, led by Maria Giulia Marini at ISTUD, Milan. This study brings together three perspectives, that of people with a diagnosis of dementia, that of their family members and that of healthcare professionals. In bringing these voices together, this study and the book resulting from it establish the framework for an ‘ecosystem’ for the wellbeing of all involved, based on the principle that each party learns of the others’ anxieties, limitations, aspirations and hopes in the confrontation with dementia.