NGO Futura in Montenegro remains actively engaged in the Council for Dementia in the Capital City of Podgorica, contributing to discussions and policy recommendations aimed at improving support systems for people living with dementia and their families.
Currently, the organisation is intensively working with decision-makers across Montenegro to advocate for the establishment of free day care centres for people with dementia and their family members in all municipalities. Ensuring equal and accessible community-based services remains one of their key strategic priorities.
At present, a day care centre is successfully operating in the Municipality of Nikšić, supporting 13 beneficiaries. The service provides free transportation, meals, refreshments, and structured occupational and creative therapies. In recent months, NGO Futura has organised a series of art workshops, including painting and sculpting sessions, which have shown encouraging results in fostering social interaction, emotional expression and cognitive stimulation. The latest sculpting workshop, held at their centre, demonstrated once again the importance of creative engagement in dementia care.
In parallel, they have launched a socially responsible initiative through the establishment of the “Dementia Friendly – Point of Memory” network. Public enterprises, public institutions, homes for older people and Centres for Social Work have already joined this movement and NGO Futura is now actively encouraging private sector partners to become part of this growing dementia-friendly community.
NGO Futura remains fully dedicated to advancing dementia awareness, service development and policy dialogue in Montenegro, and values continued collaboration and exchange within the Alzheimer Europe network.
