Assistive technologies are growing in the field of dementia, however the evidence is weak and challenges remain. Mike Clark wrote an interesting post about it, highlighting two reviews, see here

The University of Worcester – the Association for Dementia Studies – has been awarded a £587,000 grant from the National Lottery to support people and families living with dementia across the UK. Over the next three years, the funding will support communities across the UK to establish Meeting Centres for people and families affected by dementia. […]

On June 7th 2018, Professor Rose-Marie Dröes has been appointed as Officer in the order of Oranje-Nassau. Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam, mrs. Simone Kukenheim awarded her with this decoration on behalf of the King. She deserved this award because of her special efforts in the development, evaluation and dissemination of the Meeting Centres Support Program, […]

The preliminary programme of the international BestCare4Dem conference in Theatre DeLaMar in Amsterdam (7-8 June 2018) is now online available. Please have a look at the programma at a glance and the full programme!

A four day training course about the Meeting Centre Support Programme will be held in Napels, Italy on 12 January, 19 January, 2 February and 9 Febuary. The course is lectured by prof. Rabih Chattat of the University of Bologna. For more information see the registration form(in Italian).

Flyer in English           Poetry and art contest in English Call Poetry and art competition BestCare4Dem-ENG-v1.0     Flyer in Nederlands         Poetry and art contest in Nederlands Oproep Poezie and Kunst wedstrijd BestCare4Dem-NL-v1.0  

On 9th November 2018 in Warsaw dr Dorota Szcześniak presented the idea of MCSP and MEETINGDEM project results, which ended with the movie about Wroclaw Meeting Centres’ participants. The audience consisted of nearly 200 people, who represented local organizations supporting people with dementia and informal carers. The guide about creating Meeting Centres gained a lot […]

MeetingDem Newsletter June 2017  

Professor Joanna Rymaszewska from Wroclaw Medical University talks about the Meeting Centres on the local TV channel TCP3 Wroclaw. Click here to download the item (item in Polish).

The MeetingDem project was mentioned in the March issue of the Alzheimer Europe Newsletter. Please click here to read the newsletter.