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France Alzheimer 82 supports families affected by Alzheimer's or related illnesses, with new services in Valence d'Agen (Tarn-et-Garonne), including an on-call service and innovative workshops.
Created in 1993, France Alzheimer 82 is an association of families and volunteers, whose main mission is to help people suffering from Alzheimer's or a related illness and their families. It has been present in Valence d'Agen (Tarn-et-Garonne) for several years.
A permanent location in the city center
To be closer to the families of Deux-Rives and extend its local influence, the association has just set up a reception office at the Maison de l'Emploi, de la Formation et de l'Internet (29, avenue Jean Baylet ). As of February 4, availability by appointment will now be available every first Tuesday morning of the month, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mr. Jean-Jacques Ciancia, recently retired from the CIAS and recently hired as a volunteer, will welcome the families.
This permanence aims mainly to:
inform the people concerned about the support systems and the existing offer locally,
offer listening and give advice adapted to the different stages of the disease, diagnosed or not,
guide towards the actions proposed by the association according to expectations or needs, facilitate connection with services or structures that can help support sick people on a daily basis, and offer respite to caregivers.
To make an appointment: only one number, that of the headquarters in Montauban: 05 63 20 47 64.
Stimulation workshops
For six years, a memory workshop has been organized at the Balivernes residence under the aegis of the association. She has also just opened a new cognitive mobilization workshop at the Deux-Rives health center. It is run on Friday afternoons, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., by a psychologist and a pair of nurses on an alternating basis. These professionals, through targeted group exercises, use different memories, executive and attentional functions.
In the absence of curative treatment, cognitive stimulation is an effective means of mobilizing and maintaining preserved capacities, slowing the progression of the disease, and improving the daily lives of patients. Its objectives are varied: building social bonds, encouraging meetings and promoting exchanges, facilitating verbal expression and communication, promoting and strengthening self-confidence and self-esteem. The sessions take place in a fun climate, to provide pleasure, well-being, relaxation and conviviality.
This activity is aimed at people living at home and with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.
Information: France Alzheimer 82, 275 rue du Clos-Maury, Montauban. Such. : 05 63 20 47 64. Mobile: 06 46 29 24 60. E-mail: [email protected]
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