On 13 April 2022, the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor received representatives of the Spominčica - Alzheimer Slovenia, Štefanija Lukič Zlobec and Zvezdan Pirtošek. Ms Zlobec and Prof. Dr Pirtošek presented an initiative for the establishment of a council for dementia management to the President, which would be under the patronage of the President. The Council would work under his auspices and bring together experts in the field of dementia to develop common positions and recommendations to try to influence decision-makers and raise public awareness of the growing problem of dementia. The President accepted the initiative and the interlocutors agreed to prepare everything necessary for the establishment of this new Council, in the coming weeks.
Štefanija Lukič Zlobec, thanked President Borut Pahor for his many years of constant support to Spominčica and for his care for people affected by dementia. The President confirmed that he was aware that dementia was a growing social and health problem. In the past, the President has supported the National Plan for Dementia and was the honorary sponsor of the Alzheimer Europe Conference, when it was held in Ljubljana in 2015. In 2018, the President of the Republic awarded Zvezdan Pirtošek for his exceptional in-depth, highly professional and philanthropic work in the field of dementia and Štefanija Lukič Zlobec for exceptional self-sacrificing work with patients and their relatives, within Spominčica.
