written by Elżbieta Anna Czapka „Immigrants know very little about how to help an elderly person with dementia in Norway… Because we don’t know where to get the information and help.”(a family caregiver to person living with dementia) Norwegian Health Association obtained funding from Extrastiftelsen for a postdoc researcher, Elżbieta Czapka, to conduct a research […]
Dementia
Eniec members participate at Conference What year are we really in? in Estonia
The Estonian Dementia Competence Center organized in cooperation with Eniec dementia specialists the Conference What Year Are We Really In? The purpose of the conference is to provide inspiration and share experience for professionals and carers on how to support people with dementia, including their ethnic background. Also, the main issues for the organizers are, what […]
A Summary of the Dementia Workshop of AM2019
by Jennifer van der Broeke Dementia is one issue that is of importance in the city of Bristol. It also is a topic many members of ENIEC have expertise in from a great variety of angels. Some members are informal caregivers, some teach students who will become carers in the dementia field, and others are […]
Music & Memory, music as medicine
by Manon Bruinsma With the help of a headphone, an MP3player and a personalised playlist, it is possible to give older people access to the musical favorites of their past. The relaxing and comforting aspect of your own favorite music takes away anxiety and lessens depression and apathy. For those older people stuck in a […]
ENIEC knowledge at the Alzheimer Europe Conference in Barcelona
ENIEC is proud to be represented by Gözde Duran, Caroline Smits, and Siiri Viri during the 28th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Caroline Smits has presented an oral poster presentation on Positives aspects on the relationship between a parent with dementia and their caregiving child and Gödze Duran has facilitated a discussion on Towards Cultural Sensitive Care organizations […]
AGING, DEMENTIA AND THE NEED FOR CARE
by Elzbieta Czapka Elzbieta Czapka, a postdoc researcher from Oslo Metropolitan University, carries out a study that explores how symptoms of cognitive impairment and dementia are identified, interpreted and responded to in families with different minority backgrounds and in families with Norwegian background. Dementia is a challenge for individuals, families, health personnel and society. […]
Roma people as a target group in the brain health promotion project ETNIMU in Finland
By Siiri Jaakson, Finland. The Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland has run a project called ETNIMU since 2015. The aim of the project has been to promote the brain health of the elderly from different ethnic backgrounds in Finland. Besides the Roma people, the target groups were chosen to be the Russian, Estonian and […]
