iCoDem/18 – International Congress on Dementia, is now behind us! We had 28 speakers and around 500 delegates!
This three-day conference (21-23 November 2018) on dementia, promotes multidisciplinary (medical) and interprofessional (non-medical) collaboration and non-pharmacological approaches in the treatment of dementia.
Experts from different disciplines talked about causes of dementia and comorbidity, the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration for early diagnosis and recent interprofessional, non-pharmacological approaches in the treatment of dementia.
In their presentations, the experts shared their experiences and results by giving examples from a “case”. Plenary lectures were multi-disciplinary and were followed by workshops on the same topic, where participants and lecturers had open discussions and exchanged knowledge and experience.
Participants were very satisfied with non-pharmacological presentations, in which the various professionals showed therapeutic possibilities in working with people with dementia and concrete examples, again by through the means of presenting a “case".
In the frame of iCoDem/18, we had a session where the INDEED project by Prof. Alexander Kurz was presented, followed by two workshops, led by Prof. Kurz and Prof. Pirtosek.
Participants varied in background, from students, nurses, GPs, neurologists and psychiatrists to social workers and therapists.
Impressions
Prof. A. Kurz: “With its comprehensive scope and practical focus, the ICoDem contributed to improving dementia care in Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighbouring countries, and moved forward the development of national dementia plans.”
Prof. A. Pavlovic: “Firstly, iCoDem/18 started with a session about dementia as a public-health problem, with participation from the lead persons of the health administration in BiH. Secondly, the big advantage is the multidisciplinary character of the meeting. And finally, it was great to exchange with gathered experts from the European Region, about: experience, ideas, knowledge and at the same time to collaborate with all participants!”
Prof.S.Kostic Popovic: “iCoDem/18 was also excellent in the organisational and technical aspect”
Prof. M.Boban: “iCoDem made communication possible between all stakeholders who are important for care of people with dementia!“
