Two hundred participants at the benefit evening in favor of Alzheimer Café Accorsi at the Taste in Busto Arsizio, which it hosted in recent days an aperitif with music and an exhibition of works of art thanks to which part of the proceeds were donated to the project born a year ago to support people living with dementia and their caregivers.
«If dementia were a company – underlined during the evening Sara Gioia, project director, to «give an idea of the enormous impact that dementia has on a global level» -, with the numbers of people who fall ill it would have an economic value of 818 million dollars: it would be the 18th economic power in the world. And it is a number destined to grow: in 2050, 80% of those who are here tonight will be a caregiver of a frail person or person with cognitive impairment or will be suffering from dementia.”
And it is on this assumption that the Alzheimer Café Accorsi project was born, a year ago now, which today is «a physical location with two locationsone in Busto Arsizio in Casa di Corte Nuova and one in Legnano in RSA Accorsi, and is a virtual place, thanks to social channels – as explained by Stefania Maffei, scientific director of the project -. It is an everyday place, a place where people living with dementia meet, their caregivers meet, let’s talk about dementia, let’s talk about fatigue and strategies to overcome it».
«In the physical location Alzheimer Cafè Accorsi organizes weekly a two-hour meeting dedicated to non-pharmacological therapy activities for people living with dementia, such as art therapy, music therapy and pet therapy – added Maffei -. At the same time, for the caregiver who accompanies them there is a moment of psychological support with our psychotherapist or a moment of meeting with the geriatrician, with the lawyer, with the physiotherapist to learn strategies and elements of the disease, because we believe that knowing is the winning weapon to face the fatigue of everyday life. On the social media pages, Alzheimer Café Accorsi publishes a short video content on training and information on what dementia is, but also some strategies, some methods for dealing with everyday difficulties”
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