TY - JOUR
T1 - Walking the talk for dementia
T2 - A unique immersive, embodied, and multi-experiential initiative
AU - Aguzzoli Peres, Fernando
AU - Haas, Aline Nogueira
AU - Martha, Angga Dwi
AU - Chan, Melissa
AU - Steele, Michelle
AU - Ferretti, Maria Teresa
AU - Ngcobo, Ntokozo N.
AU - Ilinca, Stefania
AU - Domínguez-Vivero, Clara
AU - Leroi, Iracema
AU - Sajnani, Nisha
AU - Zimmer, Eduardo R.
AU - Kornhuber, Alex
AU - Kalache, Alexandre
AU - Holtzhausen, Berrie
AU - Tristão-Pereira, Catarina
AU - Dupont, Charlèss
AU - Cohen, Dan
AU - de Jong, David
AU - Facal, David
AU - O'Sullivan, Desmond
AU - Mateus, Elaine
AU - Roso, Enzo
AU - Estrop, Evon
AU - Gamba, Giulia
AU - San Martin Elexpe, Gustavo
AU - Ulises Diaz Hernández, Hector
AU - Quaid, Helena
AU - Govia, Ishtar
AU - Barbosa, João
AU - García del Moral, Joaquina
AU - Miller, Johnny
AU - García García, José Antonio
AU - Quaid, Kevin
AU - Navarro, Laura
AU - García, Laura Zúñiga
AU - Waters, Laureen
AU - Molete, Lebo
AU - Godoy, Maria Eugenia
AU - Sigauke, Maureen
AU - de Ataide Schulte, Max William
AU - Estrop, Peter
AU - San Martin Elexpe Cardoso, Priscilla
AU - Perez, Randall
AU - Patterson, Rianna
AU - Chakrabarti, Ronika
AU - Wong, Ruth
AU - Marsillas, Sara
AU - Lowe, Shontonese
AU - Rego, Taida Sánchez
AU - Farombi, Temitope
AU - Montgomery, Theresa
AU - in ‘t Veen, Ton
AU - Yanni, Valli
AU - Weidner, Wendy
AU - Ibanez, Agustin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Coping with dementia requires an integrated approach encompassing personal, health, research, and community domains. Here we describe “Walking the Talk for Dementia,” an immersive initiative aimed at empowering people with dementia, enhancing dementia understanding, and inspiring collaborations. This initiative involved 300 participants from 25 nationalities, including people with dementia, care partners, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and advocates for a 4-day, 40 km walk through the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A 2-day symposium after the journey provided novel transdisciplinary and horizontal structures, deconstructing traditional hierarchies. The innovation of this initiative lies in its ability to merge a physical experience with knowledge exchange for diversifying individuals' understanding of dementia. It showcases the transformative potential of an immersive, embodied, and multi-experiential approach to address the complexities of dementia collaboratively. The initiative offers a scalable model to enhance understanding, decrease stigma, and promote more comprehensive and empathetic dementia care and research.
AB - Coping with dementia requires an integrated approach encompassing personal, health, research, and community domains. Here we describe “Walking the Talk for Dementia,” an immersive initiative aimed at empowering people with dementia, enhancing dementia understanding, and inspiring collaborations. This initiative involved 300 participants from 25 nationalities, including people with dementia, care partners, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and advocates for a 4-day, 40 km walk through the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A 2-day symposium after the journey provided novel transdisciplinary and horizontal structures, deconstructing traditional hierarchies. The innovation of this initiative lies in its ability to merge a physical experience with knowledge exchange for diversifying individuals' understanding of dementia. It showcases the transformative potential of an immersive, embodied, and multi-experiential approach to address the complexities of dementia collaboratively. The initiative offers a scalable model to enhance understanding, decrease stigma, and promote more comprehensive and empathetic dementia care and research.
KW - dementia
KW - diversity
KW - experiential and immersive learning
KW - lived experience
KW - patient-family–oriented care
KW - society
KW - transdisciplinarity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85183638164&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/alz.13644
DO - 10.1002/alz.13644
M3 - Article
C2 - 38275208
AN - SCOPUS:85183638164
SN - 1552-5260
VL - 20
SP - 2309
EP - 2322
JO - Alzheimer's and Dementia
JF - Alzheimer's and Dementia
IS - 3
ER -