‘Let's Overcome Dementia Together’ Damyang-gun Initiates Creation of Dementia-Friendly Social Culture

Damyang-gun Senior Welfare Center Designated... Plaque Ceremony Held

[Damyang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] To create a dementia-friendly social culture where dementia patients and their families can live with peace of mind, Damyang-gun designated the Senior Welfare Center as a dementia overcoming leading organization and held a plaque ceremony.

According to the county on the 20th, the dementia overcoming leading organization designation project is a program that helps members strive for dementia prevention through regular education on dementia and enables them to perform the role of partners who understand and support dementia patients and their families in the local community.

When designated as a dementia overcoming leading organization, the members of the organization participate in dementia partner education and actively engage in dementia overcoming activities by utilizing the organization's resources and talents.

To this end, all staff at the Damyang-gun Senior Welfare Center have completed dementia partner education, and will cooperate with the Damyang-gun Dementia Safety Center to promote various dementia overcoming activities in the future.

Kim Sunbok, head of the Dementia Safety Center, said, “We will continue to encourage various local community entities to participate in efforts to overcome dementia and to carry out active activities.”

Meanwhile, Damyang-gun is conducting support for dementia treatment management expenses, delivering cognitive kits for case management, education for awareness improvement, and training dementia partners through the Dementia Safety Center, and is also continuously carrying out support projects for families of dementia patients through Heairim family education and self-help group support.

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