In Collaboration with Medipol Hospital and Medical Center: Living with Alzheimer’s

As Medical Center, in collaboration with the Alzheimer Association, we organized a training for Medipol Hospital healthcare professionals on “Living with Alzheimer’s” as part of World Alzheimer’s Awareness Day on September 21.

The training, with the main theme of raising awareness and increasing the consciousness of healthcare workers in providing care and approach to Alzheimer’s patients, was delivered by Medical Center experts. The training covered the following topics:

• Communication with Alzheimer’s patients

• Approach to Alzheimer’s patients

• Key considerations for Alzheimer’s patients

• Bathing process for Alzheimer’s patients

• Activities that can be done with Alzheimer’s patients

• Stages of Alzheimer’s disease and care process for each stage

• Nutrition for Alzheimer’s patients

• Caregiver burnout in family members of Alzheimer’s patients

• Socialization of Alzheimer’s patients

• Ensuring safety for Alzheimer’s patients

Additionally, the training highlighted the importance of ensuring a comfortable physical and mental aging process and emphasized the societal awareness needed for Alzheimer’s disease.