This day brings together people affected by Alzheimer’s disease, their caregivers, caregivers, researchers and the general public, which affects more than one million people in France.
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Around the world, on September 21, World Alzheimer’s Day mobilizes scientists who take advantage of this strong moment to present advances in the understanding, prevention and management of the disease.
This World Alzheimer’s Day is an opportunity to break isolation for some, to learn and support research for others. The various meetings and events organized as part of this international day aim to improve the management of Alzheimer’s disease and to support and train caregivers.
The approach to Alzheimer’s disease takes place at several levels: those of the patients, of the caregivers, of the caregivers. As in the rehabilitation day hospital “Memory and fragilities” at the Fondation Hospitalière Sainte-Marie in Paris in the 14th arrondissement, a place of care, assessment, prevention and crisis management, it is also a place training and education, research in the context of non-drug therapies.
People benefit from non-pharmacological interventions, as part of a coordinated, reassessed and monitored care project, interventions adapted to their needs and tastes.
Another device for “runaways”, “travel therapy” in a fake train to soothe the anxieties of Alzheimer’s patients.
Respite platform services for caregivers.