It is calculated that about 2 million in Italy are people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, for a total of 4 million caregiver. involved in their care. Data intended to increase due to the average lengthening of life. But the company is not prepared to give adequate answers both in terms of structures and in terms of training.
On the occasion of the world day of Alzheimer’s patients, and the month of awareness on this particular pathology Christian family has dedicated a large service that touches the three main fronts of the disease: Prevention, the new frontiers of medicine, and the role of caregivers. And throughout Italy the initiatives are multiplying to make known the disease and services to which they can resort to. But also symbolic initiatovias, which want to give a sign of concrete closeness to the sick and their family members. Terry Biasion, RSA operator “Sister Agnese” of Castello Tesino (Trento), he reported the inauguration on Sunday 21 September at 11 am, at the gardens of via Dante, of the former Benches of hopea concrete and lasting sign of the choice of the community to be close and welcoming towards people who live with dementia and their families.
“The benches “explains Terry Biasion,” they want to represent a meeting place, listening and relationship, where to stop, find themselves and share moments of everyday life. They will be a symbol of a community that recognizes the value of the person beyond the disease, because living with dementia means continuing to be adults with one’s own history, identity and dignity. Each bench will engraved a phrase donated by those who know dementia, words that invite everyone to reflect and approach with respect and attention ».
A bench will be placed in the gardens of via Dante, the heart of the town, and another will be donated to the Sister Agnese retirement home, testifying to the link between generations and the proximity of the entire community. The municipal administrators and Susi Doriguzzi will participate in the inauguration, happiness of the Sente-Meve® model and happy days, to underline that This initiative is not an isolated symbolic gesture, but part of a path that wants to crumble the stigma and build a more inclusive company. “The benches of hope”, continues Terry Biasion, “will remain there to remind us that each of us can help make the life of fragile people brighter and that hope, if shared, becomes the strength of a community”.
With this initiative, the Municipality of Castello Tesino adheres to the world month of Alzheimer’s, and announces the realization of a project aimed at citizens and operators, hoteliers and public services operators. The goal is to make the country a friend friend of people with dementia. Everyone will be trained on what to do and what to say and how to behave when you deal with a person who believes can be suffering from it. The Municipality will then provide adhesive that will be affixed to the various rooms to mark the caregivers that it is a place where the patient is welcome and where staff knows how to behave in case of sudden and potentially unpleasant reactions.
