Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS 
Sala del Camino - Palazzo del Broletto 
Piazza della Vittoria 15 

Meeting aimed at citizenship

On the occasion of the World Alzheimer’s Day (21 September 2019) and the scientific congress All4AD - Alliance for the Research and Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Fondazione Mondino, 4-5 October 2019), the IUSS University School of Pavia, in collaboration with the Mondino Foundation and the University, organized on September 28, 2019, at 10.30 am at the Sala del Camino, a public meeting open to citizens to raise awareness and deepen the main issues related to brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases of the elderly.

An experience of confrontation, growth, human and relational exchanges, an open place where citizens can share with experts questions, doubts, fears, anxieties on issues related to brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases of the elderly, and where will be proposed moments of attention to patients, relatives and care givers aimed at providing them with health, relational, behavioural and care skills.

Program 

Moderators:
Stefano Cappa
Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS 
IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia
Stefano Govoni
The University of Pavia

10:30 Greeting of the Authorities

10:50 Prevention in dementia: what indications
Stefano Cappa
IUSS and IRCCS Fondazione Mondino, Pavia

11:10 The diagnosis of dementia
Alfredo Costa
IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia

11:30 Therapeutic aspects in dementia
Stefano Govoni
The University of Pavia

11:50 Living with dementia: what are the needs of the patient and his caregiver
Elena Sinforiani
IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia

12:10 Testimony of a family member
Giorgio Soffiantini
Writer

12:30 Questions and discussion
13:00 End of the morning

Poster