ARDSI, Hyderabad, Deccan Chapter Office & Dementia Activity Centre

Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI)

Hyderabad Deccan Chapter

Dementia is a progressive, incurable disease of the brain that causes progressive deterioration in thinking, memory and everyday abilities. Dementia has been recognized as the cause of disability in 5% to 10% of the world population aged over 60 years. More than 6 million people in India are affected by Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

Alzheimer's disease and stroke are the two most common causes of dementia in India.

ARDSI Hyderabad Deccan, based in Hyderabad, is a local chapter of the national office of the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India - a national, secular, non-profit, voluntary organization dedicated to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and families.

Our core objectives:

To provide essential and easily accessible quality information, care and support to persons affected by dementia and their families.

To improve public and professional awareness about dementia

To promote early diagnosis, functional interventions and a person-centered approach

To conduct training for caregivers, volunteers and healthcare professionals for improving the quality of life of people and care of people with dementia

To provide a Memory Clinic and conduct memory screening camps

To promote and support research into the causes and prevalence of dementia and communication interventions for people with dementia.

To advocate for integration of functional rehabilitation for persons with dementia, in the curriculum of nursing, occupational therapy, speech therapy and physiotherapy courses.

To collaborate with government and non-government organizations in pursuit of any of the above objectives