Alise-Sainte-Reine. Aging, but with support: caregivers reflect at the MuséoParc Alésia

Around one hundred caregivers gathered on Thursday, June 5, at the MuséoParc Alésia in Alise-Sainte-Reine for a Gerontology Day. Organized by the Haute Côte-d'Or Hospital Center (CH-HCO) and the Semur-en-Auxois Hospital Center, this event aimed to bring together healthcare professionals to discuss ways to improve support for the elderly.

“We need to find a balance between caring for the elderly and finding caregivers in their prime to care for them,” says Dr. Alexandre Jouini. Illustrative photo by Emma Buoncristiani — "We need to find a balance between caring for the elderly and finding caregivers in their prime to care for them," says Dr. Alexandre Jouini. Illustrative photo by Emma Buoncristiani

For Professor Pierre Jouanny, who chaired the day , a caregiver at the hospitals of Dijon and Langres (Haute-Marne) as well as a teacher at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Dijon, this day was "undeniably a success".

Between plays about the daily lives of caregivers, philosophical presentations and workshops on Parkinson's patients and age-related discrimination, the participants had no time to be bored.

The caregivers were thus able to discuss at length during this...

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