1. Working at becoming dementia-friendly
Vienna
Working at becoming dementia-friendly

2. Working at becoming dementia-friendly
Vienna
Working at becoming dementia-friendly

3. Working at becoming dementia-friendly
Vienna
Working at becoming dementia-friendly

4. CS Caritas Socialis home care day care centres
3 nursing homes (specialising in dementia, multiple sclerosis and palliative care)
shared apartments for people with dementia
palliative care unit and mobile palliative teams
consulting services
nursery schools and a residential home for mother and child
CARITAS SOCIALIS was established in 1919 by Hildegard Burjan as clerical sisterhood with the assignment to alleviate social misery. To get down to the root of the social misery combined with “the courage for new things” – this was the goal of Hildegard Burjan, and it remained the goal of Caritas Socialis up to today. What is meant is: not just urgent help but also structural assistance.
We offer care and assistance where people need it
Home help and home nursing care
CS care and social centers

5. How it all began journey to Berlin
visit of the dementia-friendly network in Charlottenburg- Wilmersdorf
small project team at CS Caritas Socialis
dream of „dementia-friendly“
decision in which district to begin
3rd district
talk to the district chairperson and agreement
3rd district: situated in the centre of Vienna, inhabitants, average population in the aspects of age, percentage of migration …
One of our Care and social centers is there and I am a citizen in the 3rd district

6. 1st meeting invitation list
invitation to the district exchange/district chairperson= host
presentation Berlin
getting to know each other
planning further meetings and discussing activities
gaining commitment to the importance of the topic
our friends in Berlin helped us a lot

7. 1st Meeting

8. Partners organisations working with people with forgetfulness
public service
dementia-friendly drugstore, emergency rescue services
adult education centres, library, neighbourhood community
parishes
self-help groups for carers and affected people
bookstore, shopping centre
individuals like an artist
Organisations such as: nursing homes, day care centres, home-carer teams, hospitals, Alzheimer Austria

10. Group interviews with PwD and Carers for master thesis
How it all started: in 2014
Group interviews with PwD and
Carers for master thesis
by Reingard Lange
Social networking as a ressource
for People with dementia
22. März 2018 PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

11. Supported self-help meetings started in february 2015
Participants are handicapped in managing every day life by cognitive deficits. They are either living
With dementia or worried about their memory.
They are interested in exchanges with others
Self-representation started when requests to speak out gave the opportunity to make an impact on society
22. März 2018 PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

12. getting together to do something about it:
People recognizing a challenge in their lives (forgetfulness or beginning dementia) and
getting together to do something about it:
supported self-help to take an active step in coping with their issue
mutual suppport
supported advocacy
PROMENZ is a setting for focusing on potentials and addressing concerns and
peer-to-peer support
22. März 2018 PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

13. „NETZWERK DEMENZFREUNDLICHER 3. BEZIRK“ am 14.09.2015
WIENER GESUNDHEITSPREIS PREIS “GESUND IN GRÄTZEL UND BEZIRK“ IM WIENER RATHAUS FÜR DAS
„NETZWERK DEMENZFREUNDLICHER 3. BEZIRK“ am
22.März 2018, PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

14. HELLMUT GIVES A PRESS-CONFERENCE FOR WORLD ALZHEIMER‘S DAY
TOGETHER WITH ASSISTANT MONIKA KRIPP AND
CARITAS PRÄSIDENT MICHAEL LANDAU ON 16th SEPTEMBER 2016
22.März 2018, PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

15. 22. März 2018 PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

16. The association charta was developped in a participatory process
Austria‘s first non-profit association by and for People with forgetfulness and beginning dementia was established in Vienna on 21 march 2017.
The association charta was developped in a participatory process
22.März 2018, PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

17. PROMENZ-Groups are spreading in Austria by 2018
A quality handbook/resource pack helps other groups to get started
A brand is designed that has no relation to age
A franchise concept is available to start groups in german speaking regions and countries
22. März 2018 PROMENZ – MONIKA KRIPP

18. Partners organisations working with people with forgetfulness
public service
dementia-friendly drugstore, emergency rescue services
adult education centres, library, neighbourhood community
parishes
self-help groups for carers and affected people
bookstore, shopping centre
individuals like an artist
Organisations such as: nursing homes, day care centres, home-carer teams, hospitals, Alzheimer Austria
Persons concerned: ProMenz 1st Austrian self-help group for persons with dementia who are supported primarily in the organisation of meetings and financial issues but who decide themselves what to do during the meetings, which items to discuss for example, it‘s real networking between young persons with beginning dementia who support each other a lot.

19. Dementia-friendly Vienna?
3rd district 2014
23rd district 2015
1st + 9th + 13th district 2017
12th + 22nd district 2018
10 dementia-friendly drugstores
dementia-friendly police stations

20. Dementiafriendly Vienna

21. What we did first networking and learning from each other
practical knowledge transfer for example in adult education centres, the library, a nursery school, a school
Small groups in adult education centers allow information and councelling, sometimes next of kin are interested but also other visitors who are old themselves or are afraid of becoming demented. It‘s much about removing anxiety.

22. Activity day in a shopping centre
15 partner standing in the midst of the entrance hall of a shopping centre for a whole day: Many people pass by, ask questions, want to speak of their experiences or troubles, some of them need counselling or help. It was amazing that even young people stopped and wanted to deal with our topic. There were many stalls with information, leaflets but also stalls offering to try memory trainings. Our artist made a big helmet someone could try on to test how it may feel when you suffer from dementia

23. Dementia-friendly services
Sensitization of a parish, dementia-friendly means that there is much tolerance for walking around, singing or talking in between, that the priest tries to speak using simple and less words, there is much singing and experiential sensations for example smelling, touching with essential oil
And afterwards everybody is drinking coffee and the partners give information

24. Visiting a museum is participating in cultural life

25. Art History Museum Vienna
Belvedere, Dom Museum (Cathedral Treasury) + Atelier
Museum staff and assistants of people with dementia are trained, museum staff present a small number of objects about a certain topic for example love, a group of about 10 people with dementia and their assistants look at the pictures/paintings/objects and discuss them not only in the aspect of art history but also in terms of memory (first love, falling in love in the forties, my first kiss). Art activates feelings and memory and brings a cheerful atmosphere. After the presentation the group comes together in the atelier and is instructed to do their own work of art.

26. Other activities all about memory
People affected by dementia/forgetfulness meet to share their memories:
wine tavern
dementia-friendly coffee
guided walk in the neighbourhood

27. Next steps meetings of district coordinators an umbrella organisation
discussing how to raise funds
enlargen the offers
networking with other Austrian communities
Two meetings of the coordinators to get to know each other, to exchange experiences, to learn from one another
Preparing talks for an umbrella organisation to assist the coordinators with for example creating a website or building a platform, organizing the meetings…
Sponsorship
Offers: People affected by dementia/forgetfulness should have the possibility to remain in their communities- sports, dancing, choir…, open minded groups where they are welcomed

28. Dementia-friendly Companions
43 trained volunteers Dementia-friendly companions accompany affected families at home but also in nursing homes, day care centres and living communities.

29. Training for dementia-friendly companions
The training wants to enable participants to assist families affected by
dementia so that they can participate in daily live.
80 hours in half a year Educational Centre of the Jesuits
Participants: volunteers, next of kin, people interested
Companions should:
be able to cope with their own age
be provided with information about dementia
look into the topic of dying and grief
learn to communicate with persons affected by forgetfulness
discuss ethical and legal aspects
Disease, types of dementia, symptoms, challenges in contact
validation

30. Dementia-friendly Companions
once a week for 2 – 3 hours
being there for talking
accompany walks or outdoor activities
unburdening carers
They are involved in a multiprofessional team and don‘t replace skilled employees.
They take part in further training and are supervised.
Little activities like reading the newspaper together, playing cards, doing crossword puzzles

31. Feedback of carers My companion unburdens my daily life because…
…I can take time for my own regeneration
…I know my mother is safe
…I am free for shopping and doing my chores
Feedback for the companions
„My mother is really challenging but my companion is very positive and manages well to be balanced and to lead my mother! We are very lucky with her!“
„My mother doesn‘t have visitors very often and she likes the visits of our companion very much, she shows it with a big grin.“
„I am very happy with our companion my husband likes her very much“

32. Thank you for your attention
Thank you for your attention! Christina Hallwirth-Spörk Monika Kripp Monika und Hans Werner