Afternoon care services for people with dementia most of it meets completely unprepared, even though the number of patients is increasing steadily in the last years: senile dementia. To support sufferers and relatives to relieve, waiting the Grete Meissner Center therefore with diverse childcare services for people with dementia. On 13 August the Friday care group celebrated its 4-year anniversary. Anything is suddenly different. There is the remittance, he can simply no longer fill.

Or the question of the current time, which again has to forget during the response. Often, the diagnosis in such cases is dementia – a disease that puts the whole family on a hard test. The afternoon care facilities serves primarily the dementia patients and to help them to better navigate in everyday life. But also the families are relieved by offering, which takes place every Friday from 14:30 to 17:00 in the Grete-Meissner Centre the Schutzenstrasse. Memory training is one the main objectives”, reported Charlotte Kebekus attended the Friday group together with other volunteers. To sit in a round, and to chat about the good old days the participants is not only fun, but trained also the memory”, she explains. But the varied program schedule offers even more. Regular walks, excursions or Cook are on the program.

Currently, the group consists of six persons and has still more seats. Everyone is welcome to us”says Andrea Schmeisser, head of the senior meeting place. Interested parties are cordially invited to visit just to get familiar with the offer. The group will be supported alternately by 12 volunteers. Without the great support the childcare offer in this form would be impossible”, Andrea Schmeisser to thank all volunteers who each week participants to provide their time. More volunteers and interested parties are therefore always welcome and cordially invited to inform themselves at the regularly scheduled meeting of volunteers.