THANKS TO ALZHEIMER’S DAY CARE CENTER FROM THE COUNCIL TO KARATAY

Prof. Dr. Vedat Işıkhan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Social Policies Council, and Council Members visited the Alzheimer's Day Care Center, which was brought to Konya by Karatay Municipality. The council members, who got information about the work performed at the center, congratulated Hasan Kılca, the Mayor of Karatay, and the center management for the important task and responsibility taken by the Alzheimer's Day Care Center.

Within the scope of the "7 Regions and 7 Provinces in Social Policies" programs,  Prof. Dr. Vedat Işıkhan, the Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Social Policies Council, and Council Members visited the Alzheimer's Day Care Center in Konya.

In addition to Prof. Dr. Vedat Işıkhan, the Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Social Policies Council, Prof. Dr. Lutfihak Alpkan, who is among the council members and is also the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Prof. Dr. Recep Şentürk, Dr. Murat Yılmaz, and Expert Onur Kılıç, İbrahim Akyüz, the Konya Provincial Director of Family and Social Services.

Prof. Dr. Vedat Işıkhan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Social Policies Council, and Council Members received information from Hasan Kılca, the Mayor of Karatay,  Prof. Dr. Figen Güney,  the President of Alzheimer's Association's Konya Branch and the center managers about the work carried out at the Alzheimer's Day Care Center.

The Council Members, who expressed that Alzheimer's Day Care Center, which is often praised by the World Health Organization in international publications and reports, assumes a very crucial task and responsibility in Konya and fulfills this duty properly, also thanked Hasan Kılca, the Mayor of Karatay, and the center management. The council members, who also met with the patients benefiting from the center, also added that expert and friendly staff are employed in the center, and that this environment is a glimmer of hope for the patients and their relatives in Konya.

Karatay Mayor Hasan Kılca, who thanked Prof. Dr. Vedat Işıkhan, the Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Social Policies Council, and the Council Members for their visit and interest, stated that the Alzheimer's Day Care Center is a point of pride for Turkey.

THE PRAYERS OF OUR PATIENTS AND THEIR RELATIVES ARE ENOUGH FOR US

Hasan Kılca, the Mayor, said the following; “There isn't another center working in this way in Turkey, and it is an example for all centers in our country. The World Health Organization frequently states that such a center is almost the only example in the world. This aspect of our center is of course crucial, but what we care about is the comfort and happiness of our patients and their relatives who benefit from the center. Especially, the quality of service and attention to our patients deserves all kinds of credit for this. I would like to thank all our managers, Necmettin Erbakan University, and the staff of the center for showing the necessary attention, sensitivity, and sacrifice to our elderly.