In Bosnia, World Alzheimer’s Month began with a conference on “Dementia Care and Policies of the extended Danube Region”, held as a virtual meeting. The conference had 34 lecturers (experts from various professions, researchers, Ombudsman for Human Rights, government representatives, etc.) from across the whole of the Danube Region. It was supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), Alzheimer Europe and Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI).
The event was very constructive and looked at: the position of people living with dementia and older adults; their human rights; their exclusion from society; housing problems; and the need to adjust societies and create dementia/age-friendly societies which meet the needs of people with dementia. As a conclusion to the event, a “Statement of Experts” was published. It describes, identifies and lists problems in the whole Danube Region and looks for solutions with which the Region can enter into a decade of healthy ageing for 2020-2030.
Download the Statement, here (free): https://www.demencija.org/Članci/.c/članci-articles
