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Zagreb dementia clinical and care network

According the data from 2011 the capital of Croatia — Zagreb is a city with 790, 017 inhabitants and 17.7% persons were older than 65 years. The estimated number of the people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementia is about 17, 000 and still is growing in Zagreb. In the XX century, the clinical care for people with AD was provided at two psychiatric wards (University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče and Psychiatric Hospital "Sveti Ivan") mainly for people with dementia (PWD) with severe psychiatric and behaviour symptoms in advanced stages of dementia. The early diagnostics of AD and other dementia was not available. The persistent work of Alzheimer Croatia since 1999, with the interest of enthusiasts on the field of cognitive neurology and old age psychiatry, joined together with the more and more support from the authorities of city in rising awareness about that devastating disease in public, had moved us forward in establishing separately services of the Zagreb Dementia Clinical and Care Network. The Network spreads from the early diagnosing (GP educational programs ; Referral Center for Cognitive Neurology and Neurophysiology —Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb) to advisory centres (Advisory Center for member of family — non-formal caregivers by Alzheimer Croatia, Advisory Center for Psychogeriatrics by Teaching Institute for Public Health) ; psychogeriatric wards (with Referral Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Old Age Psychiatry - University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče), to Day and 24-hours stationary care (Day Centres, residency homes with specialized units for PWD) to palliative care (palliative beds for people with dementia, mobile teams). The aim of Zagreb Dementia Clinical and Care Network is to be recognized in public in providing leadership and advice to shape Zagreb's dementia services (but also our national services) so that PWD may receive an effective diagnosis, treatment and care.

dementia ; Alzheimer's disease ; network ; clinical ; care

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