Nestor Psychogeriatric Association

Nestor is a Not for Profit organization offering specialized, high quality and free of charge services for patients with dementia and their caregivers. Nestor developed three Memory Clinics in order to promote early diagnosis and proper treatment for patients with dementia. More than 2500 people take advantage of our two memory clinics yearly. Our services include: a) A 10 bed short-Term Hospitalization Clinic for dementia patients. The main goal of the Clinic is to give the caregivers a rest from their very difficult work of providing care to dementia patients. The mean hospitalization time is 15 days. b) Two Day Care Centers for dementia patients in Athens in the region of Attica and one more Day Care Center in Kozani a city; located in West Macedonia region. Different occupational therapy programs are applied according to the patients’ cognitive and functional level. c) 24/7 Helpline for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. d) Caregivers’ training program and Alzheimer Cafè. e) Psycho-educational intervention for highly burdened dementia patient caregivers. f) Educational program for health professionals in Psychogeriatrics.