On 20 September, Alzheimer Polska (Alzheimer Poland) co-organised an annual conference on dementia, which took place at the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner. For the first time, the event was opened by a person living with Alzheimer's disease, called Jolanta. During three thematic panels the most important questions on carers' and medical support, available or needed, from the State were discussed. One of the panellists, Małgorzata Michalska, who represented the Ministry of Health, confirmed that the Polish Strategy for Dementia 2025-2030 has been prepared by the Ministry and would soon come into force. This year, several events around World Alzheimer's Month took place in Poland. One of them was an exhibition of paintings by Anna Rendecka shown at the Zacheta Gallery in Warsaw. Her paintings were made in cooperation with the Warsaw Alzheimer's Centre, whose residents had been an inspiration to present faces of dementia on canvas. The exhibition entitled "Vanishing" is an attempt to express in an artistic way a process of memory impairment and to create space for discussion on the consequences.
