Urging the public to pay more attention to dementia, the private Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau (KWNC) announced yesterday that it will provide free cognitive tests to detect the disease in the elderly.
Addressing an on-campus press conference in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, KWNC President Florence Van Iat Kio said the college would collaborate with the Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation and the Macau Alzheimer’s Disease Association (MADA) to provide the test at three elderly centres on a weekly basis.
Van said two of the elderly centres are located in Mong Ha and Toi San respectively, both being run by the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen), while the other one is located in Fai Chi Kei and run by Caritas Macau.
Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau (KWNC) President Florence Van Iat Kio (left) looks on while Associate Professor Bill Zeng Wen addresses yesterday’s press conference on the college’s campus. Photo: Debby Seng
