REGION – During the week from September 15 to 29, around World Alzheimer’s Day, Alzheimer Nederland’s South Holland North department is organizing a dementia book week for the third time. Libraries and bookstores have reading tables with information about this current theme. Everyone is cordially invited to come and take a look. The more awareness and awareness about dementia, the better we can support people with dementia and their loved ones.
REGION – During the week from September 15 to 29, around World Alzheimer’s Day, Alzheimer Nederland’s South Holland North department is organizing a dementia book week for the third time. Libraries and bookstores have reading tables with information about this current theme. Everyone is cordially invited to come and take a look. The more awareness and awareness about dementia, the better we can support people with dementia and their loved ones.
Kaag en Braassem is one of the municipalities in South Holland North that participates in the dementia book week. Bookstores and libraries participate in this by setting up a table with information and books about dementia. Various activities are also organized nationally. The theme on September 21, World Alzheimer’s Day, is Together at the Table.
Activities
A consultation hour will be held in the library in Roelofarendsveen on Saturday 16 and Friday 29 September. People can go there with all kinds of questions about dementia. And on September 26, a workshop will be organized for informal caregivers who will receive the booklet “Small happiness for informal caregivers”. The time from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in the Tech Campus The school in Roelofarendsveen. Register at aleidvdmeer@gmail.com.
Dealing with dementia
Attention to dementia is necessary. The number of people who will develop the disease will increase rapidly in the coming years: from 290,000 people with dementia now, to more than half a million in 2040. There are currently 5 new people with dementia in the Netherlands every hour. It is important that those around them know what dementia is and how to properly deal with people with dementia. So that people with dementia can continue to participate and do not find themselves excluded from society.
During the year, the volunteers of Alzheimer Nederland South Holland North organize activities for people with dementia and their informal caregivers, such as Alzheimer Cafés and information meetings. On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day, they want to inform the general public by taking the initiative for a Dementia Book Week. In the period from September 15 to 29, libraries and bookstores in various municipalities will have reading tables with books and information material about dementia. Participants can be recognized by a poster on the (shop) window and a poster at the reading table. In a number of places, the Dementia Book Week is accompanied by other activities, such as a lecture.
Everyone is cordially invited to visit a reading table and/or participate in the activities. All information about the Dementia Book Week can be found on the website of Alzheimer Nederland, South Holland North department: https://www.alzheimer-nederland.nl/regios/zuid-holland-noord.
2023-09-12 20:10:00
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