Luxembourg's Ministry of Health in Luxembourg will be supporting the World Day of Alzheimer's that will be hold on Wednesday 21 September 2016 with a cross-border conference near Schengen.
In the Grand Duchy, there are circa seven thousand people living with dementia; in Germany currently 1.6 million people suffer from dementia and, in the Saarland, twenty one thousand people are affected by this form of dementia.
The conference will feaure Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Health in the Saarland (Germany), Lydia Mutsch, Minister of Health (Luxembourg), Corinne Cahen, Minister of Family, Integration and Greater Region (Luxembourg) and Patrick Weiten, MP, and president of the county Council of Moselle (France).
During the World Day of Alzheimer's, information stands in front of the European Centre in Schengen will highlight the issue of dementia. The reception will be followed by a conference in Perl (Germany). Simultaneously, the artist Mike Mathes will realise an art project on the topic.
Pending progress in medical treatment, demographic changes and the growing number of elderly, the number of men and women with a dementia disease continues to rise. In this context, the topic of dementia is gaining more and more importance. Thus, some municipalities, organisations and associations from Germany, Luxembourg, and France will come together, commited to educating and informing people across borders.
