Naslov
How academia and Alzheimer associations can work together in promoting diagnosis

Autori
Mimica, Ninoslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts - First Krems Dementia Conference «Timely Detection of Dementia» Coordinated Efforts in Europe Between East and West / - Krems an der Donau : Danube University Krems, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Preventive Medicine, 2019, 8-9

Skup
First Krems Dementia Conference

Mjesto i datum
Krems an der Donau, Austrija, 05.11.2019. - 07.11.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Alzheimer's disease ; dementia ; Academia ; association ; NGO ; diagnosis

Sažetak
For many years, dementia care in Croatia was provided traditionally by the family, without no organized support, and many people with dementia were undiagnosed. Treatment for people with dementia presenting with serious behavioural and psychiatric symptoms was provided on psycho-geriatric wards in psychiatric hospitals. Alzheimer Croatia, founded in 1999, provides information, support, and education to caregivers, and also raises public awareness of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The continuing voluntary work of Alzheimer Croatia has helped to encourage the development of other types of services for people with dementia in Croatia. Although Alzheimer Croatia was established in 1999 and since than we were all time dementia friendly, the whole society became more aware about that need since 2012, when World Health Organization proclaimed Dementia as a public health priority. So, in the last six years various dementia friendly initiatives and activities happened. Many years ago, we started with celebrating the World Alzheimer's Day, now we are doing events through the whole September e.g. Alzheimer Month. During the year, we are organising the Alzheimer Café and MemoryWalk, Run for Memory together with numerous educative lectures for lay people. We know that Alzheimer's disease has impact on the whole family, so we offer caregivers and other members of the family to visit our Counselling center, to participation in self-help groups and a lot of information on web-site, blog and social media network. We are trying to ensure timely diagnosis of dementia, so we are in the public promoting the illustrative version of ten early signs of dementia. We know that great majority of people with dementia are living at home, so we are trying to help them with offering services such as: day care centres, daily hospitals, patronage nurse services, geronto-housewifes, meals-on-the-wheels, etc. As standard pharmacological treatment has its limitations, we are offering people with dementia participation in international multicentric clinical trials with potential disease modifying medication. Through activities of Croatian Alzheimer Alliance, we promote the idea of Dementia friendly communities, so already three towns (Zagreb, Umag and Lipik) have sign that they are willing to become dementia friendly. Through Dementia friends Croatia project, we ensure that each person can become part of dementia friendly movement. Finally, on our Congresses and Conferences which are devoted to dementia, we bring together all professionals which are dealing with dementia, and make plans for the better future of people with dementia, their carers and families.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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