10 June: European Dementia Carers Working Group begins new mandate with two new members and says goodbye to departing members We are pleased to announce that the membership of the European Dementia Carers Working Group (EDCWG) has been renewed and that the new incarnation of the group officially began its mandate after the Annual General Meeting of Alzheimer Europe (4 June 2025). The EDCWG is now composed of the following 15 members:
• Bill Alexander, United Kingdom - Scotland ♂(new member)
• Peter Banda, Slovakia ♂
• Patrick Crosbie, Ireland ♂
• Sylva Dneboská, Czechia ♀
• Chris Ellermaa, Estonia ♀
• Emil Emilsson, Iceland ♂
• Annick Germeys, Belgium ♀
• Zornitsa Karagyozova, Bulgaria ♀
• Trevor Salomon, United Kingdom - England ♂
• Hatice Sertaç Süslü, Turkey ♀
• Liv Thorsen, Norway ♀
• Peter Thörngren, Sweden ♂(new member)
• Olivera Vasilevska Danev, North Macedonia ♀
• Rosylynn Vella, Malta ♀
• Christina Zioga, Greece ♀.
The EDCWG was launched by Alzheimer Europe and its member associations in 2022. The group is composed both of current carers, relatives and supporters of people with dementia, and of people with prior experience in a carer’s role, within the five years prior to their first nomination to the group. In tandem with the European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD) - a group composed entirely of people living with dementia themselves and set up by Alzheimer Europe and its members in 2012 – the carers group works to ensure that the activities, projects and meetings of Alzheimer Europe duly reflect the priorities and views of carers and supporters of people with dementia. The group operates independently and members elect their own Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson. The Chairperson is also an ex-officio member on the Board of Alzheimer Europe, with full voting rights. In July, the group will vote in its Executive members and we will confirm their names in due course. Alzheimer Europe would like to express its gratitude to outgoing members Barry Northedge (United Kingdom - Scotland) and Sonata Mačiulskytė (Lithuania) for their important contributions and we wish them all the best for the future.
