Coexistence to delay the effects of the disease. In Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine), a new type of shared accommodation has been created to accommodate people suffering from Alzheimer’s, whose World Disease Prevention Day is celebrated this Thursday.
Created less than a year ago, the “Common Goods” house houses eight people who suffer from this chronic neurodegenerative disease. “The idea is to make [aux malades] the same actions they did at home to try to maintain their autonomy; preparing meals, peeling potatoes…”, Laetitia Kienga, project director, tells BFMTV.
Day and night caregivers
The establishment is not medicalized daily, but there are two care assistants during the day and another at night.
“For many people, an environment in which we can continue living together, gardening and playing, with a very strong involvement of families, produces effects,” insists Guillaume Desnoës, co-founder of “Biens communes”.
An innovative initiative welcomed by accompanying families. “It was a great relief for me, I couldn’t take care of her anymore,” confesses Monique Gauthier, whose mother, Delphine, suffers from the disease. For her mother to live in the “Biens communes” house, Monique Gauthier pays between 800 and 1,000 euros per month. The rest is about 3,000 euros per month for other patients in shared accommodation.
Almost 900,000 people affected
This shared house is largely inspired by what has been done in Germany for several years. The objective is to overcome the problem of the lack of specific structures in France.
In July, a report from the General Inspection of Social Affairs (Igas) reported that accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad) were not sufficiently adapting to the rapid change in the profile of residents, who increasingly present cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s.
Currently in France, around 900,000 people suffer from this disease, according to data from Insert. The proportion of nursing home residents affected will continue to increase in the coming years, warns Igas. Enough to encourage the development of these new types of shared hosting.
Source: BFM TV
