Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
Open Access

Abstract

There is little research done so far to inform us on dementia in Africa. However, it is known from personal stories of the ADS group and the small outreach team in Zimbabwe reports that people who are living with a cognitive impairment are perceived as witches, bewitched or demon possessed. This means that they are neglected and missed from the main stream clinical care. Africa Dementia Services aims to build work around providing dementia awareness to the public, and professional training, information materials, research opportunities, supportive services and eventually building of dementia villages. Africans are prone to sickle cell anaemia and other blood conditions which may result in vascular dementia. At the vascular conference, a report will be provided on the work in Zimbabwe, (an action research on developing a dementia information service in a village in Zimbabwe).

Biography

Morejoy Saineti has pursued her RGN, RMN, QNI, MSc Health Research degrees. She is a Dementia Champion and Founder of Africa Dementia Services operating under Regeneration Centre International charity. She is a Visiting Lecturer at Greenwich University London since 2012, Operations Director LANH professionals LLP since 2016. She is aspiring to do a PhD study on dementia and service development. She has received an award “International Dementia Nurse of the Year 2010” which was awarded by Stirling University and RCN. She is also a runner up of The Guardian Public Servant of the Year 2010. She pioneered a bespoke Community Dementia Palliative Care service in Westminster which saved the NHS more than a quarter of a million in the first year of inception. She has been a Queens Nurse since 2013. She is an International Speaker having presented in conferences such as International Conference on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/Aids (ICASA).

E-mail: mjsaineti@gmail.com