As part of the European project Cognisance, the toolkit Samen Vooruit met Dementie has been developed to guide people with dementia and family caregivers in living with dementia. We highly recommend the toolkit: Samen vooruit met dementie- Een gids voor een leven met dementie
MEETINGDEM is a European JPND funded project aimed to implement and evaluate the innovative Meeting Centers Support Programme (MCSP) for community dwelling people with dementia and their carers. The project in Italy was funded by the Ministry of Health (Milan) and the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) (Bologna), in Poland by the National Centre for Research and Development, in the United Kingdom by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and in the Netherlands by ZonMw.
Prof.dr. Rose-Marie Dröes / Dr. Franka Meiland, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Department of Psychiatry, Oldenaller 1, 1081HJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, meetingdem.eu@gmail.com
The EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) is the largest global research initiative aimed at tackling the challenge of neurodegenerative diseases. JPND aims to increase coordinated investment between participating countries in research aimed at finding causes, developing cures, and identifying appropriate ways to care for those with neurodegenerative diseases – www.jpnd.eu.