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Dementia care and social inclusion

We are living in the World which is becoming older and older, and in the near future about 1/3 of population will be older then 65 years e.g. retired. People who are employed are more engaged in social relationships while they are on daily bases communicating with others. When people are younger their families usually have more members. In brief, loneliness can be more present in elderly. So, society should offer more possibilities to older people to socialise, and more effort should be put in projects and programmes helping elderly to participate in group activities. This is believed to work as a risk reduction for developing dementia. But, if unfortunately, dementia develops, it is very important to be recognised early. Standard pharmacological treatment with antidementia drugs should be given, but also non-pharmacological approach is crucial in management of dementia. There are a lot of strategies, but individual approach, person centred oriented, gives best results. Art therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, are some of preferred solutions in dementia care for better social inclusion. Alzheimer’s Café is usually a nice way to bring families together, out of their homes, and MemoryWalk can help to fight stigma. In the future, assistive technology will, for sure, become more important for people with dementia to keep them longer independent, and will also help those single families, to raise their quality of life. International Day of Older Persons (October 1st) and World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21st) are two days when we are claiming that elderly should be fully incorporated in society, but we need to proof it in our everyday life, making dementia friendly society.

Dementia ; Alzheimer's disease ; care ; inclusion ; social

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