The Sint Maarten Alzheimer's Foundation has as main objectives to :
- raise the awareness of the disease called "Alzheimer" and / or other related dementia,
- offer support to persons who suffer from the disease of "Alzheimer" and / or related dementia and to their caretakers.
Early diagnosis and treatment has benefits according to this year's World Alzheimer's Report of Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI). The report is completely dedicated to "The benefits of early diagnosis and intervention". Memory Tests can help to identify who needs further testing and diagnosis.
FREE MEMORY TESTING
The Sint Maarten Alzheimer's Foundation (SMAF) is providing FREE MEMORY TESTS. Offering and administering these FREE MEMORY TESTS will raise the awareness and the interest of the community to get more information from the Alzheimer foundation.
- Offering FREE MEMORY TEST in the community districts makes it also easier to support the people in the community in detecting the need for support for persons and family members affected by the disease of Alzheimer's or a different kind of dementia.
- Scoring the MEMORY TEST gives a pre-screening of the memory and brain condition, which results can lead to referral to the home physician.
AUC'S BIANNUAL COMMUNITY ACTION DAY
This year on October 22nd students of the American University avail themselves to assist the Alzheimer Foundation as volunteers providing FREE MEMORY TESTING in the community of Sint Peters.
- The students will post from 8 am – 3 pm in pairs of three at shops and mini-markets in St. Peters.
- The students will be identified as volunteers from the Alzheimer foundation and of the AUC
- The student SMAF-volunteers will provide information leaflets from the Alzheimer Foundation
- The student SMAF-volunteers will provide free memory tests.
- The student SMAF-volunteers will assist with the scoring the same day upon return to the AUC campus
- The SMAF-board members will communicate the test results to the persons for follow up.
An amount of 30 students have volunteered to assist the Alzheimer foundation and the community of Sint Peters on Saturday coming October 22 from 8.00 am – 3.00 pm. Student coordinators for the student volunteers for SMAF are Kayla Kelly (527 9027) and Jillian Ruggiero (586 8442).
Do not miss this opportunity to have your memory tested for FREE.
LOCATIONS IN ST PETERS FOR FREE MEMORY TESTING:
- Mang Chung Supermarket – LB Scot Road (Former Sheik)
- Petro SOL Gas Station St. Peters – LB Scot Road 96
- Sint Peters Supermarket – Sint Peters Road # 1
- Fruteria Sarah - Sint Peters Road # 2
- Ho Supermarket – Sint Peters Road # 11
- Dessam Supermarket - Sint Peters Road # 61
- Tung Yuen Supermarket - Apricot Road
- Samuell Sint Peters Food Market - Lime Road # 20
- Sunshine Supermarket - Genip Road # 18
