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From the beginning of the confinement, due to responsibility he was forced to close the face-to-face activity, the professionals of the association have carried out many and varied free activities such as "Café Solidario On-line", together with "Diary of a caretaker", in which There is dialogue on topics of interest to users and families, different professions in the sector have visited these cafes, making their contribution.

The professionals of the entity manage the physical and cognitive treatment individually through calls, WhatsApp or different videos, with activities to make them more bearable and especially healthier on confinement days.

Nieto, manager of Afal Cartagena and region indicates that "cognitive and physical non-pharmacological treatment for these patients is very important for the evolution of the disease"

Another task that they have carried out is that of supporting in facilitating or buying food, medication and technical aids such as (articulated beds, anti-bedsore mattresses, cranes or wheelchairs) for people who, due to their physical or personal situation, could not Obtain them by themselves, for this work they have had the support of people who have altruistically donated masks and protective screens, in order to make these purchases as safely as possible.

AFAL Cartagena and region has not wanted to forget about loneliness either, so they offered to the municipalities of Cartagena and region, having agreements with several of them to make free calls to any user.

Gayoso, neuropsychologist from Afal Cartagena and region, comments "There is a lot of anguish and a lot of pressure on caregivers and family members who care for dependent people and even more so if they have mental disorders"

Afal Cartagena and region, registers more than 1000 weekly calls and more than 5000 users with digital activity through whatsaap groups, where individual needs are evaluated and individualized activities are proposed.

The entity has been working with Alzheimer's patients and other pathologies for more than 25 years and in these complicated days it could not be otherwise, all this will happen and their activities will resume with much more strength and desire, thinking of all that great family that they are part of AFAL Cartagena and region.

Source: AFAL Cartagena y comarca