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XXXII Conference on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

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 Location: Pamplona (Navarra)

Removing Alzheimer's disease from the “catch-all” of neurodegenerative, chronic or elderly diseases to give it its own label and address it specifically by the health system, is the main demand of AFAN (Association of Relatives of People with Alzheimer's and other Dementias of Navarra) for the World Day of the disease, which is accompanied by the 'Specific' campaign and a new edition of the Alzheimer's Week of Navarra, which includes parades, theater and talks on prevention or sexuality.

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Technical Seminar of the Directorate General for the Elderly 2023 'Integral Person-Centred Care: we continue to move forward'.

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 Location: Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo (Madrid)

After establishing a general "theoretical" framework, the components linked to older people and professionals, the physical environment and organisations will be presented at different tables.

Ethical aspects and the growing trend towards deinstitutionalisation and the promotion of ageing at home, a fundamental pillar of municipal services for the elderly, will also be addressed. Knowing that the experience in the model is greater in the world of centres and especially in residential centres, it is essential to address the model also at home.

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Perspectives on support and care for the improvement of quality of life in the elderly

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 Location: Centro Sociocultural O Vello Cárcere de Lugo

The Spanish Red Cross Chair USC offers this summer course whose themes will allow a critical analysis of social support and care, both health and social-health care, aimed at the elderly and propose policies or actions for improvement in a social context of increasing complexity and technology.

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Well-treating and ageing. Practical implications

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 Location: Donostia-San Sebastián

Despite the great heterogeneity that characterises ageing people, the available data show that the social image of ageing is generally associated with deterioration and dependence. As a result, the protection of the rights of older people is gradually becoming a core issue in most planning aimed at improving the daily lives of citizens.

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