disease and similar disorders
The Saudi Charitable Society for Alzheimer''s Disease and Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib, a physician group, are organizing a workshop under the title "Alzheimer''s and Similar Disorders" in the largest scientific medical gathering that examines the causes of this disease, its effects and its health and cognitive implications on the sufferers, while discussing the effectiveness of available treatment solutions, as the activities of this workshop will be launched. Next Thursday morning at eight in the morning, 26 Dhu al-Hijjah 1434 AH corresponding to October 31, 2013 AD at Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib in Al-Rayyan district in Riyadh, Abdul Rahman Al-Eid Hall.
His Highness Prince Saud bin Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Charitable Society for Alzheimer''s Disease, said: This workshop comes as a continuation of the association’s efforts in awareness and support directed at the community and those affected by this disease.
The society’s strategy aims to develop public awareness to serve health care providers for Alzheimer''s patients and their families. Since its establishment, the association has adopted training programs for doctors and health practitioners aimed at raising the health and living standards of Alzheimer''s patients.
His Highness indicated that the Society''s efforts in this field extended to a large number of cities and regions of the Kingdom, including the opening of clinics for Alzheimer''s patients in a number of government hospitals and the demand for patients to be included in health insurance, as well as the launch of the national registry and database on Alzheimer''s and other educational and awareness activities. .
Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dr. Soliman Al-Habib Medical Group, confirmed that the Saudi Charitable Society is its efforts to rehabilitate and train specialists in the risks and dimensions of this disease and educate the community, indicating that the group is keen to cooperate with all concerned and specialized authorities to raise the level of health education in the community. He explained that such forums and discussions are in the interest and support of this group of patients and their families, stressing also that these efforts are a national, humanitarian and social responsibility that all parties and institutions should compete for, and even adopt.
The workshop will be attended by international and local speakers headed by the American Professor Robert Darwoff, Head of the Neurology Department at Case Western Hospital and University, Chairman of the Society''s International Advisory Committee, Dr. Muhammad Al-Abdul-Jabbar, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Vice-Dean of the College of Medical Knowledge, as well as Dr. Walid Al-Issa, Consultant Geriatrics King Fahd Medical City, Assistant Professor at King Saud University, Dr. Najeeb Al-Qadi, Consultant Neuroscience, and Vice President of the Department of Neurosciences at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, in addition to Dr. Fahd Al-Wahhabi, Head of the Mental Health Department and Consultant of Elderly Psychiatry, King Fahd Medical City, and members The scientific committee of the society, and the organization of this workshop comes from the recommendation of the first international conference of Alzheimer''s that was organized by the society last year.
The workshop will review four main axes represented in identifying the basic cognitive functions and how they affect human behavior, the different causes of dementia and how to differentiate them, as well as the different methods of neurological and cognitive evaluation for the elderly, and its effectiveness will be concluded by discussing the available therapeutic methods for treating Alzheimer''s patients.
It should be noted that this workshop is only intended for physicians specializing in (family medicine, psychiatry, neurology, and internal medicine) and also for health practitioners from (nursing - health education - psychology - physical therapy). saudialzhiemer or by cme@drsulaimanalhabib.com.
