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Villages of Care / Villages of Life. Discussion on doctoral research

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 Type: Seminar
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 Location: Online

Doctoral sessions organised by the universities of Trieste and Udine, with talks that can be followed online via teams. More information: anna.dordolin@phd.units.it

Session 1 - 10:00-11:30h
Villages for people with dementia: a new model of living? Introduction Prof. Giuseppina Scavuzzo

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Walking the talk for dementia Symposium

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 Location: Santiago de Compostela

On 5 and 6 May we will meet in the Auditorium of the Hotel San Francisco in Santiago de Compostela to talk about how we live, work and research dementia today, providing ideas for a fairer and more inclusive future for all.

Among the speakers, our colleague and researcher at Matia Institute, Sara Marsillas, will participate in a panel on non-pharmacological interventions, sharing with the audience our experience in bringing the world of culture and art closer to people with dementia from the DCUM project.

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How to improve our communication with people with dementia on a daily and meaningful level

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 Type: Webinar
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 Location: Online

The development of care approaches centred on people's wishes and autonomy entails the need for resources and strategies that promote it. At Matia and ACP Gerontology we wanted to contribute to the establishment of good practices applicable either in the home or in social and healthcare centres, with the publication of two new materials that are part of the project "Routes for the Advancement of Person-Centred Care". 

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Museums and dementia: what challenges?

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 Location: Coimbra (Portugal)

As part of the commemoration of International Museum Day, under the slogan "The power of museums", the colloquium "celebrates the power of art, science and community to promote intellectual, social and emotional accessibility for people with dementia and their carers".

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Art and culture, a window to the meaning of life in dementia

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 Location: Donostia - San Sebastián

On 8 June, an interesting meeting will take place in Donosti in which experts from different fields will discuss the opportunities offered by the incorporation of people with dementia as active agents and protagonists of activities with cultural and artistic background. 

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Embracing dementia: How to create an inclusive and friendly society

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 Location: Aquarium Donostia - San Sebastian

The EDEN project is designed to support family members, health professionals and local communities in their collaboration and efforts to create a better life for people living with dementia. EDEN has developed solutions and materials that can help local stakeholders to better collaborate and create more dementia-friendly and dementia-inclusive societies that are more responsive to the needs of people living with dementia and their families, and therefore more sustainable.

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The challenges of Alzheimer and dementias

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 Location: Madrid

To call for a political commitment to make Alzheimer's a strategic priority in the scientific, health and care fields, and to prioritise research as the only way to beat the disease, we are organising, together with the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN), the Spanish Alzheimer's Confederation (CEAFA), the Matia Foundation and HelpAge, the event "The challenges of Alzheimer's and dementias" in the Congress of Deputies this coming Monday, 13 September, at 10 am, in the Ernest Lluch Room.

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3rd Conference on Psychogerontology: Person-centred Neuropsychology

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 Location: Madrid

The Official College of Psychologists of Madrid and the Spanish Association of Psychogerontology (AEPG) are organising this conference, in collaboration with the IMSERSO, to seek ways of union and synergies between psychogerontology and neuropsychology.

Diptych of the day View website

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Workshop: "Improving the well-being of people with dementia by managing appropriate behavioural disturbances. Focusing on the person, not the impairment".

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 Location: Santiago de Compostela

Workshop given by Cristina Buiza, researcher and psychologist at Matia, which offers another look at behavioural disorders in dementia from the approach of Person-Centred Care (PCA).

This course is taught in a theoretical and practical session in which we will deal with real cases, and non-pharmacological practices that address the disorders that often appear in people with dementia, from a person-centred perspective, will be presented.

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Chair in Well-being and Health: Presentation of the "Guide for dementia-friendly housing".

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 Location: Santander

Conference given by Álvaro García, PhD in Psychology and researcher at the Matia Institute Foundation as a researcher in issues related to the gerontological field, in which he will present an innovative guide aimed at elderly people or those in the process of ageing who live with dementia and their carers and socio-family environment. This material offers simple and useful information to identify the particular needs of those living with dementia and analyses in detail the possibilities offered by adapting our home to this reality.

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