In March this year, Alzheimer Europe published an article about its member, France Alzheimer’s new post-diagnosis support programme for people with dementia. A new video, released by France Alzheimer on 3 May, suggests that the programme is meeting its main objective, to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and their caregivers and especially to enable the newly-diagnosed person to be proactive in dealing with what they are going through, by helping them to process the situation. Some of the participants are filmed (consensually) in discussions about what they find helpful in the meetings they attend and about some of the difficulties they experience, which they feel are lessened by sharing them with others and hearing how they have dealt with similar situations. You can view the video (French, with English subtitles), here:
