The “France Alzheimer and related diseases” association returns soon, on Thursday, November 14, to L’Isle-Jourdain at the cultural café l’Ours Brun, 9 place Gambetta. This meeting called memory café is a concept organized in different towns in the Gers department. It agrees to offer a space for exchanges, meetings and information for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The entourage of these people such as caregivers, families and all people mobilized by this illness are invited. People who simply want to be informed are also welcome. Access is free, without registration and without commitment. Only consumption on site is at the expense of the participants. After frequently asked questions about Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, psycho-behavioral disorders: understanding them to better cope with them, this November 14 at 3:00 p.m. will be the third and last meeting of the year in L’Isle -Jordan. Its theme will be communication. Continue to communicate despite language difficulties and disorientation. The opportunity to address a fragile theme with illness. Coming to talk about it is important to feel alone, isolated, abandoned. Daring to speak is important for both the patient and the caregiver. Additional information from Virginie Bordes Fourgeaud, clinical psychologist, psychotherapist in Gimont: 06.42.56.94.44 or Marie-Hélène De Contencin, volunteer 06.60.53.60.91.
Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a slow degeneration of neurons. Short-term memory is the first to be affected. The disease can then lead to difficulty learning new things, following an exchange, a conversation, loss of concentration, attention, mood swings, depression, problems coordinating movements, finding one’s way in the world. time or space, The cognitive deficit increases more or less quickly
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