On 11 December 2023, Alzheimer Europe and Essity co-hosted an online Alzheimer’s Association Academy session discussing “Sustainable continence care”. Speakers included:
• Sofia Kriegsman (Essity), who chaired the Academy session • Paul van Houten, a specialist in elderly care, whose presentation was on "Dementia - Toileting & Containment Care process"
• Trevor Salomon, Vice-Chairperson of the European Dementia Carers Working Group, who shared his personal story and experience of encountering incontinence through his wife's dementia
• Torbjörn Rudmark, Global Brand and Sustainability Manager for Essity’s continence care brand TENA, whose talk was on "Sustainable Continence Care – Doing more with less"
• The fourth and final speaker was Matthijs Pauwels, Product Specialist for TENA SmartCare at Essity, who presented "Digital Health Technology – Optimising the care process".
Alzheimer Europe would like to express its gratitude to Essity for organising this important and interesting session of our Alzheimer's Association Academy series and to all of the speakers for their excellent contributions. Continence care is such an important topic that is not talked about enough and we were delighted to help shed some light on an area where there is still a lot of shame and stigma. We hope this session and others like it will help reduce the stigma and increase understanding and the sharing of good practices. Our next Academy session is scheduled to take place online, on 23 January 2024.
