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The 2 premieres “Bicycle, spoon, Apple”, delves into the research on Alzheimers disease and lives with patients and families.
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La AGP supports custom in Alzheimer diagnosis
21 September day world of Alzheimer’s.
-en priority not only meet, but analyze in depth are the main needs of the person concerned
-La Confederation Española of associations of relatives of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (CEAFA) claimed a State policy, Alzheimer
-the average cost per person on Spain Alzheimer’s care amounts to 30,000 euros a year
Madrid, 2011-September in celebration of today, Wednesday 21 September, the day world of Alzheimer, the General Alliance of patients (AGP) wants to support one of the main claims of the group affected and their families: the need to provide a diagnosis personalized to each patient. The patient with Alzheimer’s disease should be the axis around which they have absolutely turn all efforts and inspire all the steps that have to be taken to improve not only their quality of life, but also of those who serve you and care every day.
Therefore, is a priority not only meet, but analyze in depth are the main needs of the person concerned, and only in this way you can define a framework of appropriate and effective support. Well, the motto chosen for this year’s world day “ every diagnosis, a person ” responds to this critical need.
And to meet this priority the Spanish Confederation of associations of relatives of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (CEAFA), Association as part of the PGA, claimed a policy state of Alzheimer’s, that considers the disease as a socio-health priority of the first magnitude in national politics. “ This policy must be focused on people affected by Alzheimer’s disease, who will be responsible for establishing the aspects that must be seen in relation to the socio-sanitary services, legal protection, research, as well as training and training of professionals ”, says Arsène HuerosPresident of CEAFA. In addition, Hueros warns that “ to society is ever more concerned about the disease, is getting used to the major figures, as the 3.5 million affected or the 24,000 EUR million posed today care of Alzheimer’s in Spain (annual per person € 30,000) and which is expected to reach 48 billion in a couple of decades ”.
Institutional and tenth Lottery Awards
On the other hand, on the occasion of the World Alzheimer’s day, CEAFA has celebrated the delivery of their institutional Awards V, which recognizes institutions that have more prominent throughout the year for his involvement with the affected. On this occasion the awards have been awarded, in the form of information, to Radio Televisión Española; in the form of research, the consortium of the international year of the research in Alzheimer’s disease 2011; in the category of caregiver, to the Commission for health, Social policy and consumption of the Senate, have urged the Government to the development of a strategy of Alzheimer’s disease based on the principles of equity and territorial cohesion, as well as for the support given to the Alliance by Alzheimer’s disease in general and CEAFA in particular; and in the Social category, the Association of relatives of Alzheimer’s sufferers and other neurological problems of the age in Merindades (AFAMER). This recognition is the result of the positive assessment that the Governing Board of CEAFA makes his merits report presented at open call. In addition, he has given a special recognition Oskar Weaver, director of the documentary caregivers.
Finally, the state lotteries and betting the State collaborated with CEAFA on promotion and awareness of the World Alzheimer’s day including the corporate image of this partnership, together with the motto “ each diagnosis, a person ”, in tenths of the national lottery draw on Saturday September 17.
On the General Alliance of patients
The General Alliance of patients (AGP) encompasses entities and Spanish sanitary institutions in various fields. It has been created with the intention of promoting the dialogue of the organizations of patients with health administrations, professionals in the same area and private entities.
The main mission of the PGA is to provide patient organisations of mechanisms for participation in healthcare decisions. To this end, PGA seeks to facilitate dialogue between health professionals, public administrations, private health sector companies and organizations themselves of patients, sharing objectives, improvement opportunities and problems to solve.
PGA is constituted as a platform for dialogue around patients, using criteria of quality and transparency.
About Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease, progressive and irreversible, that causes loss of neurons and the deterioration of the physical and mental faculties of who her suffering. The name comes from the German neurologist AloÃs Alzheimer who, in 1907, discovered the symptoms that characterize the disease. At the beginning, the disease appears slowly, with mild loss of memory, loss of fluency in verbal language, guidance failures, swings of mood and clear changes in personality, among other signs, and is advancing gradually until you reach the total disability and loss of mental and physical faculties, requiring the patient constant in their daily lives. There is currently no cure but there are treatments that attempt to reduce the level of progression of the disease and its symptoms. Treatment, palliative, settles with drugs, psychological help and personal care, responsibility falls in large number of cases in the relatives of the sick.
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Mediformplus proposes “ lead from common sense ” the Office of pharmacy.
new training in management for owners and managers of Office pharmacy.
-new training on Management addressed to owners and managers of Office of pharmacy, on 28 and 29 September in Barcelona and Madrid respectively
-for Luis de la Fuente, Director Gerente of Mediformplus, “ this training highly practice has several objectives, analyze the own style of management of people, their strong and weak pointsDiscover and reinforce the attitudes necessary for effective management and leadership, reveal practical techniques for effective management of people and above all, setting commitments for improvement ”
– on this occasion, the rapporteur will be Cesar de la Paz, expert training in skills for managers, Genus Training Director and Professor at prestigious universities
Madrid, 2011-September Mediformplus, Spanish leader in management and marketing of the Office of pharmacy consulting, organizes a new training in management, under the title “ lead from common sense ” addressed to owners and managers of Office of pharmacy, on 28 and 29 Septemberin Barcelona and Madrid respectively. On this occasion, the consultant has the intervention of Caesar of the peace, expert trainer in skills for managers, Genus Training Director and Professor at several universities (ESIC, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas …)
for Luis de la Fuente, Director Gerente of Mediformplus, “ this training highly practice has several objectivesanalyze the own style of management of people, their strong and weak points, discover and reinforce the attitudes necessary for effective management and leadership, reveal practical effective people management techniques and above all, establish commitments to improvement. ” De la Fuente also adds “ pharmacists often make important investments in our apothecary, forgetting the best investment, the more effective and more profitable is our own staff, but the work is to be optimal, must know lead optimally ”.
this workshop aims to, since common sense, that attendees can identify specific improvement points to assist them and their businesses and their results. It is for the managers and owners of pharmacies “ a stop on the way ” in which you can review the basic elements of his style of direction, leadership and the orientaciónque are giving to their businesses.
The session will be very participatory. Owners and managers will be reflecting and working real cases that will allow you to recognize his own management style and seek effective solutions beyond recognizes where a point of improvement
is already open registration. seats limited.
Barcelona September 28. Host Pierre Fabre
Madrid September 29. Host Pierre Fabre
about Mediformplus
Mediformplus is the Spanish leader in strategic management and marketing Office of pharmacy consulting, to which provides advice on key issues such as internal organization, marketing and sales, purchasing and stock management. Enjoying a human capital consultants extensive experience in the sector, and working for 10 years with more than 350 pharmacies of all Spain, with the aim of helping them day by day to differentiate them and prepare them to work effectively for a future of great changes.
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Experts warn that 53% of the mobile users suffer Nomofobia or “ fear not carry the phone above ”.
From the direction of the unit of psychology of the Centre medical USP Fuengirola is recommended to switch off the phone at night and leave it in another room.
Spain, 2011-September now in Spain there are about 56 million given mobile phones of high, IE 9 million more mobile phones than inhabitants. This fact, coupled with the fact that, according to recent research, around 53 percent of mobile phone users suffers from Nomofobia, he did wake up alarm among society and especially when users are children. The Director of the unity of psychology of the Centre medical USP Fuengirola, Ildefonso Muñoz, warns that the Nomofobia can generate instability and irritability and even lack of concentration.
“ Has been shown that 53% of users of mobile phones presents Nomofobia (non-mobile-phobia, in English not mobile phofia), i.e., an irrational fear not the mobile phone above, and that affects more to carry the male that the feminine, a 58 per cent for men and 48 percent for women feel instability, anxiety, irritability, and lack of concentration when they forget the phone at home, they have no coverage, it has a low battery or been without it. actually there are reasons for this? Respondents, 50 per cent recognition never switch off the mobile phone, most for being in contact with family and friends and a 10 per cent for work. In some cases the unit to the mobile phone can be an addiction of so-called addictions without drugs ”, explained Ildefonso Muñoz.
On, the Group of susceptible people suffer this particular addiction, Ildefonso Muñoz is situated on young people and the most vulnerable group.
“ Found that young people are who most might suffer Nomofobia, since its current pattern of sociability and relationship with peers has changed since a decade ago ago. mobile messages and chat predominate in the way they interact andTherefore, without a computer or phone their communicative blackout is almost total ”, points out the expert.
How much age that a child can count on your own mobile phone, Ildefonso Muñoz is the barrier of the 13 or 14 years how moment in which the child could begin to handle only in this area, and when the fact is motivated by the claim of parents to have a tool that allows us to locate our son, and not a requirement of the child. “ is at this age when children begin to become independent and to go out with his friends film, walk, etc. However, it is important to restrict access to the minor to some applications or options of the phone not according to their age. I should a prepaid card that also the child learn to control the use of this and above all that the phone do not use at home, since that was not the purpose which was to have originally ”, requires the Director of the Centre doctor USP Fuengirola psychology unit.
Par to avoid falling into this unit or reduce Ildefonso Muñoz advised the following measures:
– go off the phone at night after certain time.
-make “ attempts to ” leave it in a room other than that we find ourselves, starting with 10 minutes and to increase this time gradually and eventually go being able to leave it at home.
-If we are going to go by car and say “If I need it ” so we cannot leave, for example, off the glove box and know that it is there if necessary.
On USP hospital
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Madrid, USP hospital is the first hospital private group in the Spanish market. Currently, USP hospital boasts a network of 12 hospitals, 20 health centres and 4,000 doctors annually serving more than two million patients. In 2010 the company recorded 331.494 clinical stays, 118.931 surgery, 11.202 births and 424.511 er.
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PoliclÃnica Gipuzkoa invests in expanding its offer in cardiac pathology and reinforce its informative cycles patients.
polyclinic houses every Wednesday from 18.00 to 19.00 hours a chat on Cardiology directed to the general public and with entry free, under the title “ Wednesday in hospital, the doctor responds ”.
-the meeting of today Wednesday, September 21, will be on “ what should I do to know if I have the heart good? ”, led by Dr. Eduardo AlegrÃa
-Commitment to maintain the lead in early diagnosis of cardiac pathologies, maintain investment in technological innovation and extend its unity of cardiac rehabilitation which happen to be the center of the Basque country
-in order to complete the process of patient carebeyond hospital discharge, it has set in motion a cycle of charlas-coloquio allowing for further information and provide helps cardiological patients and their families
-the goal is to combine research and leading cardiac assistance together with the dissemination of knowledge about Cardiology to prevent heart diseases that represent the leading cause of death in our society
– Encounters, with free entry, are held in the Lounge acts Polyclinic, every Wednesday from 18.00 to 19.00 hours
-cardiologist Eduardo AlegrÃa, Member of the directive of the European society of Cardiology, will lead this cycle of charlas-coloquio under the title “ Wednesday in polyclinic, the doctor responds ”
-PoliclÃnica Gipuzkoa is today a reference in Europe in cardiac surgery and with this new step integrate and extend all his cardiac area, polyclinic has been committed to grow this online
Donostia-San Sebastián, September 2011- PoliclÃnica Gipuzkoa is since years a reference state and European in cardiologyhemodynamic and cardiac surgery, to be one of the private schools with greater volume of surgery with extracorporeal circulation in the year (around 600 surgeries). This important volume of activity and the imprint of the Centre by always bet on investment in innovation and constant improvement of the service for the patient has led them to a new step to bet on the investment of one million euros in the expansion and strengthening of their current health care offer, which already counts in addition to the above-mentioned services, a service of cardiological preventive checkups, a unit of arrhythmias and a new service of cardiac rehabilitation, which in coming months will be expanded to become the greater unity of cardiac rehabilitation in the Basque country.
As a CODA to this commitment to reinforce an area of the heart in a comprehensive manner both the level of care and research, hospital has developed a line of dissemination of knowledge directed the Guipuzcoan population in order to prevent cardiovascular diseases which are currently the first cause of death in our society.
For this reason, from September 14, each Wednesday from 18.00 to 19.00 hours the acts Hall of PoliclÃnica Gipuzkoa welcomes charlas-coloquio on various topics of Cardiology led by cardiologist Eduardo AlegrÃa, under the title “ Wednesday in hospital, the doctor responds ”.
This novel initiative, open to the public and with free entry, has a programme covering a wide range of issues related to the heart, from principal risk factors and healthy lifestyle habits, how to prevent a heart attack, products of herbal for heart disease, the amount of recommended exercise, the advantages of new anticoagulants, the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, diabetes complications or risks of diets ‘ miracle ’.
To this end, this specialist offers a nearby tone and understandable information and guidelines for help on how to prevent, detect early and treated properly certain situations, at the same time resolving any doubts or queries of attendees.
Prevention
Heart problems tend to be very different, both its symptoms and its complications, sometimes even present differences between men and women, although all have one common denominator: the prevention can significantly reduce the risk of suffering from heart disease or worsen them if they have already appeared. Explains Dr. Eduardo AlegrÃa, “ healthy lifestyle habits – regular physical exercise, proper nutrition, tobacco cessation …- and the proper control of the risk factors are the two basic tools for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. It is necessary to raise awareness among society and individuals to create a culture of prevention of cardiovascular disease ”. And it is important to do so since childhood, since children and adolescents can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease in the future by controlling the risk factors, such as physical inactivity, obesity, smoking or cholesterol high.
program
Wednesdays, from 1800 hours in the lounge of acts of PoliclÃnica Gipuzkoa
September
September 21 – what should I do? to know if I have the heart well?
on September 28 – is it bad to white coat hypertension?
October
5 October – what is cardiac rehabilitation and who is indicated?
October 19 – How can be prevented infarction?
October 26 – do not they exaggerate a little tobacco?
November
November 2 – How much exercise is good for the heart?
November 16 – is it bad to have palpitations?
November 23 — is troubling to have dizziness?
November 30 – what are advantages new anticoagulants?
December
December 7 – up how much cholesterol is acceptable?
December 14 – everyone can make exercise safe?
December 21 – is it true that the Mediterranean diet prevents stroke?
December 28 – what should I do if it hurts your chest?
2012
January
January 11 — What are pacemakers?
January 18 – can operated heart patients do normal life?
January 25 – are the heart medicines dangerous?
February
February 1 – is there any product herbal which is good for heart disease?
February 8 – what cardiac complications have diabetes?
15 February — what specialist I have to visit if I dizziness?
February 22 – do there are diets “ miracle ”?
February 29 – why is it so difficult to change habits?
March
March 7 — is heart disease a matter of men?
March 14 – up how much alcohol I can take?
March 21 – what should I do if my problem is stress?
28 March – why are more and more fat as?
April
April 4 – are inherited diseases of the heart?
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