Alzheimer Internacional - Fundació Pasqual Maragall

The second session will be based on ethical and legal aspects of Alzheimer’s disease. The speakers will be Salvador Soler Vicens, of the Maresme Association of Relatives of Alzheimer and doctor Albert Royes, of the Observatory on Bioethics and Law of the University of Barcelona (UB). The doctor Mercè Perez-Salanova of the Ageing Institute of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) will moderate the session.

The first session, held on 10 March, was about the diagnosis and treatment of the Alzheimer’s disease. The goal of these seminars is to brief the sufferers and their relatives about the medical, legal, ethical and social aspects of the Alzheimer’s disease. Likewise, the seminars intend to make aware the society about a pathology that is increasing. The seminars are organized by Obra Social Caixa Catalunya, the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, the Hospital of Sant Pau, the Alzheimer Catalunya Foundation, the Association of Relatives of Alzheimer of Barcelona, the Federation of Relatives Associations of Alzheimer of Catalonia and the Barcelona Town Council.

The schedule of all sessions is from 17:00h to 18:30h. The inscription is free at the telephone 902 400 973 and the seating is limited to the capacity of the Auditorium.