Let’s talk about dementia
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The Cummings Centre recently joined Alzheimer associations and other stakeholders around the world to mark World Alzheimer’s Month, an international campaign to raise awareness about dementia and challenge the stigma associated with the condition. This year, under the unprecedented circumstances of the global COVID-19 outbreak, the need to encourage people to seek out information, support and advice was deemed necessary.
Dementia is a collective name for progressive degenerative brain syndromes which affect memory, thinking, behavior and emotion. Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia are the most common types of dementia, responsible for up to 90% of dementia cases.
The Cummings Centre’s Day Program offers programs and activities to help maintain and improve the social, physiological, emotional and cognitive wellbeing of adults diagnosed with cognitive impairments (Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of Dementia). The goal is to enhance their quality of life for participants and to offer respite and support to caregivers.
The theme for this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month campaign was built on the slogan, let’s talk about dementia. Given the pandemic, 2020 has become a year designated for raising awareness about a group who are most susceptible to severe symptoms of COVID-19 as well as social isolation. People all around the world are being encouraged to understand the importance of recognizing dementia as a disease and challenge any negative attitudes that may persist about the condition.
To find out more visit worldalzmonth.org. To learn more about the Cummings Centre Day Programs for People Living with Dementia, call Intake 514.342.1234 or visit cummingscentre.org.
Day Services is funded in part by the Dementia Community Investment Fund through the Public Health Agency of Canada.