‘The 15th Annual Dementia Overcoming Day Commemoration’ Held … Busan City for Dementia Awareness Improvement and Overcoming Dementia

Commemoration Event for Dementia Overcoming Day, Weekly Events & Hanmaeum Dementia Overcoming Busan Walk

Promotional poster for the 15th Annual Dementia Overcoming Day event this year.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City will hold the "15th Annual Dementia Overcoming Day Commemoration Event" from the 21st to the 30th to improve awareness of dementia and overcome dementia.

Dementia Overcoming Day is a national memorial day held annually on September 21. It was established as a memorial day under the "Dementia Management Act" to widely promote the importance of dementia management and to form a nationwide consensus on overcoming dementia.

This day is also the "World Alzheimer's Day" designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

This event is hosted by the city and organized by the Busan Dementia Center and 16 district and county Dementia Safety Centers, and is divided into ▲a commemorative ceremony and ▲weekly events.

The commemorative ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. on the 21st at the Sangui Hall on the 2nd floor of the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with employees from the 16 district and county Dementia Safety Centers and related organizations attending. The ceremony will proceed in the order of ▲commendations for contributions to overcoming dementia, ▲awards for excellent field practice cases, and ▲presentations of excellent field practice cases.

As a weekly event, the "One Heart Dementia Overcoming Busan Walking Event" using the WalkOn (walking) app will be held non-face-to-face from the 21st to the 30th. During this week, if participants accumulate more than 50,000 steps for overcoming dementia, 800 people will be selected by lottery to receive mobile gift certificates worth 10,000 KRW each.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, "With the aging population of Busan, dementia, a representative disease of geriatric diseases, is steadily increasing," and added, "We will widely inform citizens of the importance of dementia management to form a consensus for overcoming dementia and strive to become a 'warm companion, a dementia-friendly Busan where everyone is happy.'"

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