Having identified the difficulties faced by people diagnosed with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia and their families, the Turkish Alzheimer Association has developed a project to raise awareness about these complications and to prevent discrimination ancaregid protect social and working rights of those people affected, reducing the social exclusion of families and informal carers. The project aims to train carers in order to equip them with skills acquired in caring for their loved ones in a structured format and to award them with a certificate accredited by the Turkish Alzheimer Association and Istanbul University Medical School Department of Behavioural Neurology and Movement Disorders. The project is named “Design of e-Learning Training Program for the Support of Women Caring for Elderly or Alzheimer's Patients & Inclusion of Their Services in Home and Community Based Service Programs & Participation in Social Life and Labour Force.”
For the funding of the project the Association applied to the Civil Society Support Foundation for an “All-Ages Grant Support”, and the project proposal was awarded 120,000 (approx. EUR 11,000) in financial support from AgeSA Hayat ve Emeklilik, which is one of the leading private pension and life insurance companies. It is planned to realise the project within a year, as the launch was officially done on 21 September 2021 for World Alzheimer's Day. It is anticipated, therefore, to publicly announce the results and outputs at a Press Conference to be held on 21 September 2022 and to make them available to anyone, free of charge. By means of the scientific support of Istanbul University Medical School and volunteer experts in the field of psychology, sociology, social services, nursing, physiotherapy and educational sciences, this e-learning training programme is envisaged to be a very successful and useful tool.
