Nursing Homes

While drug treatments are struggling to deliver on their promises, one thing is becoming clear: Alzheimer's disease can best be combated through prevention and non-drug interventions. Professor Pierre Krolak-Salmon, medical director of emeis, advocates the effectiveness and benefits of a healthy lifestyle and comprehensive support for patients and their loved ones. 

Last June, emeis published a study on the link between the use of specific Alzheimer's drugs and mortality among its residents suffering from major neurocognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease.

Meals are a special time of life, synonymous with conviviality, sharing and pleasure. Let's take a look at the role of nutrition in the medical and nursing care provided in our ‘homes for the elderly’.

The lives of residents in retirement homes are punctuated by moments of care, moments of conviviality and moments of calm, all supervised by teams committed to ensuring the well-being of each resident.

Frédéric Verlaine, director of our nursing home in Tubize, Belgium, had an idea: open the doors of his facility to the children of his staff! A project that's already been emulated...