Health in Focus: Healthy Aging & Longevity
Square HSG St. GallenTake your health into your own hands and find out how you can manage your health across your lifespan and thus extend your healthy lifespan as much as possible.
Take your health into your own hands and find out how you can manage your health across your lifespan and thus extend your healthy lifespan as much as possible.
Dementia is already causing high costs in Switzerland and has an impact on the healthcare system. The lecture therefore deals with the costs that cause dementia and who bears them.
Entering a nursing home is often a difficult step for both people with dementia and their families. On this evening we will discuss the concerns, questions and wishes with experts and the audience.
Although there is a great fear of dementia, there is little knowledge among the population about the different forms of dementia and how to deal with the disease.
Relatives of people with dementia experience great stress during the course of the disease. Being “there and yet so far away” is particularly difficult to cope with.
This evening, those affected will talk about what it means to live with a diagnosis of dementia and to cope with everyday life.
Dementia diseases show different faces and can also hide behind mental disorders or behavioral problems of the people affected. Then the clarification of the diagnosis can even lead to relief.
