Dementia Care [ General Info ] Article Count: 3
Academic Faculty Article Count: 0
Japanese Language Faculty Article Count: 8
German Language Faculty Article Count: 2
Elderly and Dementia Care Faculty Article Count: 6
INDAK Faculty Article Count: 2
Programs Article Count: 3
Courses Article Count: 1
INDAK Article Count: 1
Foreign Language Program Article Count: 2
Aside from putting the care for persons with dementia at heart, IDCA works to open the best opportunities for its graduates. IDCA provides two relevant Foreign Language Programs to help its graduates grow in their career in foreign lands.
Dementia Care Course Article Count: 12
Dementia Care Course
This course prepares careworkers to have a deeper knowledge on dementia and the professional skills to be able to give a holistic, comprehensive, and patient-centered care. The primary training objective is to develop competencies in assessment, communication, health-care planning, providing care and responding to special needs of the elderly with dementia.
News and Events Article Count: 10
Research Article Count: 1
IDCA and its faculty actively collaborate with other institutions for research on the areas of epidemiology, non-pharmacologic interventions and cultural ecology of dementia care. The faculty are active participants in the Marikina Memory and Aging Project, a cohort of community dwelling elderly in Marikina City that is being followed up for various health and aging related issues.
Recent publications by IDCA faculty:
Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Risk Factors: A population-Based Study in the Philippines
A Community-based Ballroom Dance Intervention "INDAK" Improved cognition among Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Improving Cognition through Dance in Older Filipinos with Mild Cognitive Impairment https://www.alzheimersanddementia.com/article/S1552-5260(17)32478-0/fulltext