Alzheimer Bulgaria participated in Brain Awareness Week 2023 with a social media campaign, aimed at raising awareness on dementia prevention. From the 13th to the 19th of March, facts related to dementia and prevention tips were presented. On the last day of the week we will summarize the tips we shared in the spirit of […]
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In recent months, Alzheimer Bulgaria has participated in two events of the American University in Bulgaria – the Civil Society Forum and the Innovation Station social entrepreneurship competition. They took place on November 16, 2022 and between February 17 and 19, 2023. In the Civil Society Forum a volunteer from the association, Victoria Ivanova, who […]
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From February 9-12, 2023, the 13th “PANHELENIAN CONFERENCE ON ALZHEIMER’SDISEASE (PICAD)” and the 5th “MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON NON-HEALTHDISEASES (MECOND)” took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference was a hybrid conference to allow scientists, volunteers, and NGOs involved in the topic to present theirscientific findings and new ideas to help prevent neurodegenerative diseases across the board. […]
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“Alzheimer Europe” has opened the online registration forms for the 33rd Annual New Opportunities in Dementia Care, Policy and Research Conference (#33AEC) in Helsinki, Finland, to be held from 16th to 18th October 2023. The event will be mainly live, but will also include online streaming of plenaries and other selected sessions to enable people […]
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The project gave three students the opportunity to join the association as interns and to get more familiar with the work and the cause of the organization. The interns were selected from different majors – political science, psychology, international relations – to learn about dementia from different angles and to work in different areas: improving […]
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Alzheimer Bulgaria Association starts working on the EMPROVE project (EMpowering PROfessional relatiVEs in Europe). The EMPROVE project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It will be implemented over a period of two years and aims to improve the quality of care for elderly people with dementia by providing a training course […]
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The project “Smart against ageism” has now published a newsletter that presents the main activities carried out within the project. The consortium has prepared the first product, a compendium on age discrimination, to be uploaded on the project website. The partners are currently developing an educational game based on the compendium, which will raise awareness […]
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In 2023, the pilot phase of the AIDA project will take place, during which therapeutic sessions at cultural sites will be held in all partner countries. They will be carried out according to the AIDA methodology, which integrates three areas – culture, technology, and care. During the sessions, fourteen training scenarios will take place in […]
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Alzheimer Bulgaria Association wishes health, happiness, and good luck to all the people whose lives we have touched, and to our friends! May the Christmas holidays warm our souls and hearts and remind us of the essential things in life! May we be better, more human, and more tolerant of the struggles of those around […]
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In November 2021 Alzheimer Bulgaria Association has started the project Dementia Care funded by Erasmus+ in partnership with Turkey, Italy, Slovenia, the UK, Spain, and Portugal. The project duration is 2 years. Dementia Care focuses on the adoption of non-pharmacological intervention strategies, in particular on the use of art therapy, recognized as a technique capable […]
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