At the beginning of April, in the dementia friendly municipal City of Zagreb, Croatia, the Retirement Home Maksimir signed an agreement with Alzheimer Croatia to begin a transformation, to become a ‘dementia friendly’ social institution. This retirement home, owned by the City of Zagreb, is one of largest in Croatia and has a newly built dementia department.
As part of the programme to further adapt to the needs of residents with dementia, the Home will ensure further training for their professional staff, as well as cognitive ability testing of all residents, in case they need them for clinical examination. The goals of the Home also include the development of Dementia Information Points within their municipality, and counselling support for relatives of their residents with dementia. This first developmental experience, with the Retirement Home Maksimir, will lead to further developments under the banner of the Croatian Dementia Friends Initiative.
