This course will provide basic information about Alzheimer%E2%80%99s disease, including physiopathology, biomarkers, current treatments and future prevention and treatment strategies. Alzheimer%E2%80%99s disease, which affects 16 million people worldwide, is a form of dementia that causes dramatic changes in the brain, producing deleterious effects in all of its functions including those involved in personality and relationships, and the course will give participants the knowledge and tools to study the disease. The main aim of the course is to provide a general introduction to the key aspects of this age-related disease and the factors that affect patients, relatives and friends.Specific lectures will be given to provide participants with valuable insight that can be harnessed to provide better care for relatives suffering from the disease and to safeguard the wellbeing of the patient and caregiver. At the end of the course there will be a series of specific talks on lifestyle strategies to lessen symptoms and improve quality of life, focusing particularly on exercise and diet.

Course leader
Dr Merc Palls Lliberia. Professor Dr of Farmacologia i Quimica Teraputica. Universitat de Barcelona

Target group
Caring for a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease is not an easy task. As such, this course offers extensive advice to caregivers and patients on how to manage and overcome the adverse conditions associated with the disease and improve their quality of life.

Course aim
Specific lectures will be given to provide participants with valuable insight that can be harnessed to provide better care for relatives suffering from the disease and to safeguard the wellbeing of the patient and caregiver. At the end of the course there will be a series of specific talks on lifestyle strategies to lessen symptoms and improve quality of life, focusing particularly on exercise and diet.The course emphasizes the fact that an ageing population will see an exponential increase in Alzheimer's cases over the coming years, hence considerable medical, social and welfare resources will be needed to meet the challenge. Although there is currently no cure for Alzheimer's, there are drugs to treat symptoms and new procedures to detect early biomarkers that enable treatment with specific drugs than prevent or slow disease progression. Caring for a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease is not an easy task. As such, this course offers extensive advice to caregivers and patients on how to manage and overcome the adverse conditions associated with the disease and improve their quality of life.

Credits info
2 ECTS 20 hours

Fee info
EUR 400: Vat includedRegistration can be completed online or in person.Registration opens on 9 February and closes seven days before a course starts.The registration office opening hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-2 pm and 4 pm-8 pm at the Jeroni Granell building (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 582). EUR 360: Early bird registration discount*We offer reduced prices for University of Barcelona Students, Special Partners (even fee waiver), International Networks where the University of Barcelona belongs, and early bird registration discount.

Scholarships
The University of Barcelona has agreements with other Universities to waive fees of these courses, please ask your institution.



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