Neurodegenerative diseases

All patients on admission to the center, will undertake a neuropsychological assessment, functional assessment,  emotional and behavioural asessment and motor function exploration to adjust their intervention and stimulation  in a specific form.

CEDAEN look after various types of  neurodegenerative diseases:

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Vascular Dementia ( from multi-heart attacks)
• Dementia with Lewy bodies
• Frontal-temporal Dementia

Less common types of neurodegenerative diseases:

• Parkinson's Disease
• Huntington's Disease
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and other prion Diseases
• Dementia in HIV / AIDS
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Ataxia of Friedreich
• Spinal muscular Atrophy

SERVICES

The unit aims to provide complete and multidisciplinary care to dementia patients. In addition to the continuing care (patient and family) along the disease. They offer a variety of services:

• Patients (specialist Health Care and cognitive stimulation workshops improving personal autonomy)
• Families (psychological individualized Attention, training courses for care assistants, and group therapy)
• Community (Training and Research)

The multidisciplinary team comprises the following professionals: Nursing Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Nurses, Doctors, Neuropsychologist, and clinical Psychologist.

We also have the services of the social worker who coordinates the Center and serves as a liaison between the medical staff and relatives of patients, and ensures that their needs are met, emotional support (psychotherapy / counseling), with emphasis on the psychosocial issues the family may have. And inform the family of social resources to which the patient is entitled or incumbent.

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