Health literacy (HL) is an important factor to consider in health promotion, disease prevention, and health care to be able to work in a person-centered way. Personal HL is about individuals’ abilities to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information in ways that maintain or improve quality of life. Organizational HL is the enabling work of health organizations and providers make sure that people can find, understand, and use health information and services to manage decisions and manage health for themselves and others. The overall aim of the symposium is to increase awareness of how HL strengthens people-centered care. Results will be presented from the dementia-related Skills 4 Health Literacy project supported by ERASMUS+. This project aims to increase the health literacy capacity of health and social care professionals working with people with dementia and their families. The symposium will consist of four sections: 1) An overview of HL, and its importance, on both individual and organizational levels, and how HL links to person-centered care. 2) A presentation of results from a mapping of knowledge and competence related to HL among health- and social care professionals working with people at risk of dementia. Moreover, a competency profile for health and social care professionals focusing on HL and people living with risk of dementia, based on the results from the mapping, will be presented. 3) Presentation of three different forms of trainings (classroom, online and open online) targeting HL and dementia for health- and social care professionals working with people at risk of dementia. All trainings are based on the competency profile and have been pilot-tested in Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, and Finland). 4) An open dialogue between the presenters and the audience about the link between health literacy and person-centered care.