Naslov
Croatian initiatives

Autori
Mimica, Ninoslav ; Kušan Jukić, Marija

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

Izvornik
CVS/Abstracts of the Alzheimer Conference and 4th Mediterranean Alzheimer Alliance Workshop / Zincke dos Reis, Maria do Rosario ; Palermiti, Federico - Lisabon : Alzheimer Portugal & AMPA, 2014, 52-53

Skup
Alzheimer and the Mediterranean: Working together for a better understanding"

Mjesto i datum
Lisabon, Portugal, 11.11.2014. - 12.11.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Alzheimers disease; AD; Croatia; national strategies for combating AD; Croatian strategy for fight against AD

Sažetak
The latest epidemiological data indicate that currently Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects about 47 million people, and by 2050 this figure will rise to more than 115 million. The latest approximation point out that over 85000 people in Croatia suffers from Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias. The VVorld Health Organization (WHO) in 2012 recognized Alzheimer's disease as global public health priority, and ordered ali its members, including Croatia, to act, i.e. primarily drafting ACTION PLANS / NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COMBATING AD. In order to develop a common national strategy to combat AD we believe that the best and most effective way was to form an alliance of interested groups, which would develop and adopt that basic consensus document. Croatian Society for AD and Old Age Psychiatry, CroMA and Alžheimer Croatia were the main initiators and endeavoured to gain more members to Croatian Alzheimer Alliance (CAA), or in Croatian language Hrvatska Alzheimer alijansa / HAA. The initial public invitation to join the CAA was sent to ali interested parties, and the associations listed below have already joined the CAA: Croatian Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy ; Croatian Society for Neuroscience ; Croatian Association of Palliative Medicine ; , Croatian Society for the Protection and Promotion of Mental Health ; Croatian Neurological Society ; Croatian Psychiatric Association ; CEPAMET ; Association for Promotion Quality of Life "Medveščak" ; Association "Together". The draft proposal of "The Croatian Strategy for Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease (2015 - 2020)" was assembled by members of the Croatian Society for AD and Old Age Psychiatry and Alzheimer Croatia, enveloped the national specificities on the basis of the existing plans of other countries taking into account the recommendations and advices of Alzheimer's Disease International and Alzheimer Europe. The draft of strategy was published in the congressional supplement Neurologia Croatica nd for the first time was presented and discussed on round table during CROCAD-14 in Brela, Croatia. The second public presentation was during national congress of psychiatrists in Zagreb. The public discussion will last until the end of the year, when the final text of the Croatian National Strategy for Combating AD will be adopted and published in Croatian and English, to make it available for other countries in the world, especially those from the European Union. Croatia, as part of the EU, should be in this segment of caring for the vulnerable population. We are aware that it will take some time for Croatia to catch a European port in the level of care for people with dementia, but vvithout the initial concrete steps, such as an adoption of national strategy against AD, we cannot move forward.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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