This neurodegenerative disease leads to a progressive deterioration of nerve cells and an alteration of cognitive faculties, memory, language, reasoning … It evolves towards a growing loss of autonomy which ends up exhausting families on a daily basis. Hence the importance of taking care
At Cambo les bains: a break that offers real support
At the Cambo-les-Bains thermal baths, a resort dedicated to rheumatic ailments, the Alzheimer Respite stay is intended for mild and middle-stage patients and their caregivers. “We have attached great importance to the management of the emotional part of this pathology, which is unsettling for the caregiver / patient couples” specifies Alain Dyan, psycho geriatrician, president of France Alzheimer Pyrénées Atlantiques, partner in the creation of the stay with the spa establishment.
On the patient program : gentle gym relaxation therapy, creative workshops … like making a piece of jewelry for your loved one. These activities promote reconnection of the patient with himself and with his caregiver. A cognitive stimulation session, based on board games, coloring … allows the patient to increase his memorization abilities
Caregivers benefit from discussion groups, positive psychology and sophrology sessions to express their difficulties and learn how to support them better. The gentle gym, the aromatic massage, the “take care of yourself” workshop and dietetics also encourage them to regain control. Common activities are also offered in order to strengthen the links between the patient and the caregiver: musical entertainment, plantar reflexology, thermal treatments with soothing waters rich in trace elements … So many moments of shared well-being and useful advice. to better manage the constraints of the disease.
Find out more: Mini Alzheimer Respite cure
14 caregivers, 12 caregivers, 4 days / 3 nights from € 399 per person in a double room, half-board at the Residence *** Domaine du Levant, Rens. : 0 820 003 535, www.chainethermale.fr
In BourBonne-les bains: three weeks to perk up
“After a while, the state of dependence is difficult to manage by caregivers who are physically and psychologically exhausted by their daily involvement in supporting the patient”, underlines Christian Toussaint, thermal doctor in Bourbonne-les-Bains. The arduousness of the caregiver’s task, cleaning the patient, housework … often induces joint pain and nervous disorders.
A three-week spa treatment, focused on the protocol of a rheumatology cure with applications of mud, baths, showers … relaxants and remineralizers. And for relaxation: chromotherapy, music therapy, massage … A real time of recovery for the caregiver, because during the day the patient is taken care of, at all stages of the disease, in the Alzheimer’s unit of the hospital center from the city. There, in a warm atmosphere, he does adapted play activities: gardening, cooking, group games … to stimulate and preserve his gestural and intellectual capacities.
A six-day formula is also offered with thermal hydrotherapy treatments, massages and facial treatments for the caregiver. The patient, for his part, benefits from hydromassage baths and skull massages, alternated with the fun activities of the long treatment.
Find out more: the basis for the cost of the 18-day Alzheimer’s Aid stay is the agreed “Rheumatology” treatment of 72 treatments + a complementary activities package at 50 €. Rens. : for the patient assisted at the station hospital center: 03 25 87 70 00
6-day program, 24 treatments for the caregiver, 12 treatments for the caregiver, in a double room, half-board from € 1340 for a couple at the Thermotel Residence.
Rens .: 03.25.90.07.20, www.valvital.fr
