Politis A, Μougias Α, Petroulia I, Smyrni Ι, Τountas Ι, Ploumpidis D, Μantzorou Μ, Κoukia Ε, Kiosses D, Papageorgiou Ch
1st Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens.
Hellenic Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Psychiatriki. 2020 Jan-Mar;31(1):82-90. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2020.311.82.
The Health Care system has a vital role in improving services and support people with dementia, but it cannot prevent fear and lack of understanding of dementia. Lack of awareness and poor understanding in communities has a major impact on the experience of people with dementia and their caregivers. "Dementia Friendly Communities" is a program of EU as part of the Act on Dementia Joint Action, in order to advance common recommendations for the development of better services for people with dementia, which will improve their quality of life. Ιt has been proposed that within a "Dementia friendly Community, people with dementia will not be marginalized and will be respected by their fellow citizens. The citizens, the public organizations and private sector enterprises cooperate in order to eliminate the obstacles which exclude dementia patients and their caregivers from participating in the life of their community". The Dementia Friendly Communities involve four fields: the environment (places), the citizens (people), the networks and the resources. Based on this model, pilot actions have been developed in Greece (Municipalities of Athens, Byron and Vrilissia), Bulgaria and UK and it is expected to provide important guidelines for the development of Dementia Friendly Communities in EU. In Greece the goal of the Join Action on Dementia was to promote the development of strong alliances within the local communities (municipalities) and the networking of organizations (State, Municipalities, NGOs, enterprises etc) with dementia patients and their caregivers and to educate more people in the municipalities in order to fight stigma and understand dementia.
医疗保健系统在改善服务和支持痴呆症患者方面发挥着至关重要的作用，但它无法消除对痴呆症的恐惧和误解。社区中意识的缺乏和理解的不足对痴呆症患者及其护理人员的体验产生了重大影响。“痴呆友好社区”是欧盟作为《痴呆症联合行动法案》一部分的一个项目，旨在推进为痴呆症患者开发更好服务的共同建议，这将提高他们的生活质量。有人提议，在“痴呆友好社区”内，痴呆症患者不会被边缘化，将受到其公民同胞的尊重。公民、公共组织和私营企业合作，以消除那些将痴呆症患者及其护理人员排除在社区生活之外的障碍。”痴呆友好社区“涉及四个领域：环境（场所）、公民（人群）、网络和资源。基于这一模式，希腊（雅典、拜伦和弗里利西亚市）、保加利亚和英国已开展了试点行动，预计将为欧盟痴呆友好社区的发展提供重要指导方针。在希腊，痴呆症联合行动的目标是促进当地社区（市政府）内强大联盟的发展，以及组织（国家、市政府、非政府组织、企业等）与痴呆症患者及其护理人员的联网，并在市政府中教育更多人，以消除污名化并了解痴呆症。
