14/04/2023
Dear Colleague, friends
Dear participants
The Middle East Academy for Medicine of Ageing and the Middle East & North Africa Association on Ageing & Alzheimer’s announces the Diploma in Dementia care for the years 2022/2023.
The diploma is designed for health and allied care practitioners, including but not limited to physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and health care officers. It is meant for those currently in those professions, those training for those professions, those offering training for those professions and interested in upskilling for provision of services. The diploma is composed of four sessions across which 10 modules are divided. The content aims to increase scientific, clinical, educational and managerial competencies in dementia care.
Requirements for Diploma Completion
At the end of the course of four sessions, across which 10 modules are divided, participants will receive a postgraduate Diploma in Dementia Care and will be graduated as
‘members of the MENAAA & MEAMA’ A network to stimulate the development and maintenance of services for health related problems in elderly people in the Middle- East & North Africa Area
The fourth session is planned for May11-12 as a hybrid session in Kuwait in collaboration with Dar Al Shifa Hospital-Kuwait
The session will concentrate on Dementia: Management, Palliative and Care Giver issues
Session Four will cover
1. Latest update on Dementia
2. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
3. Providers and Caregivers
4. Caring and Interacting with Caregivers
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIof-CopjgqEtcHz8D3rO_mr9TrlJ5NsMyw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
I will look forward to welcoming you in person or online
Sincerely
A. Abyad, MD, MPH, MBA, DBA, AGSF
Consultant, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, DASH, Kuwait
Chairman, Middle-East Academy for Medicine of Aging
President, the Middle East & North Africa Association on Ageing & Alzheimer’s