Â鶹AV Cares webcast: The World Health Organization’s Dementia Strategy
Join us onÌýFebruary 24, 2021 at noonÌýfor the next webcast in our biweekly series,ÌýÂ鶹AV Cares, designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the Â鶹AV Dementia Education Program, will explore topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.Ìý
The World Health Organization’s Dementia Strategy
Stéfanie Fréel is a consultant in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Use at the World Health Organization (WHO). She works with governments, civil society, academia and people with lived experience to raise awareness of dementia, and to structure national policies, strengthen health information systems, and produce normative guidance, tools and resources that aim to inform national policy and programmatic implementation.
Ms Fréel will talk about the WHO’s contribution to the understanding of dementia and dementia care around the world. She will discuss the WHO Global Action Plan on Dementia, and iSupport for Dementia.
This free webcast is open to all.ÌýThis webcast is made possible thanks to a donation fromÌýRyan and Dominique Lynam in memory of their wonderful nanas, Stella Pearson and Muriel Wilson.
Ìýbeginning atÌý12:00 pm EST on Wednesday, February 24, 2021,Ìýat which time the link will become public and accessible.Ìý