XXXII Conference on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

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.

From Matia we join this event by offering a talk on Wednesday September 18 at Civican, with our colleague Nerea Almazán, researcher at Matia Institute, talking about sexuality in dementia from a complementary prism to health and an approach that questions the tendency to understand any new behavior and situation related to sexuality as something abnormal and necessary to modify in dementia.

To do this, Nerea will invite us to reflect on the biases of our view of sexuality, and talk about different situations that usually challenge families and professionals from other approaches such as sexual rights, unmet needs and social taboos.

We will also talk about strategies and keys to accompany these situations. All of this will be accompanied by real experiences in residential and home environments.