Haber tarihi: 25/09/2025
Last update date: 25.09.2025
COST Action EDEM CA21137 - Ethics in Dementia (EDEM) held a Management Committee (MC) & Working Group (WG) Meeting in Istanbul Acibadem University on September 4-5, 2025, hosted by the History of Medicine and Ethics Department at Acibadem University School of Medicine represented by Prof. Dr. Yesim Isil Ulman, a member of the COST Action. The COST Action EDEM aims to reduce burnout and moral distress among caregivers and promote the dignity, autonomy, and quality of life of people with dementia, as a health challenge on the rise. With its two hundred known disease forms, dementia poses healthcare, societal and ethical issues to handle on a value based intervention.
Their gradual cognitive loss complicates retainment of autonomy and agency, and causes a number of ethical care dilemmas, including: balancing beneficence with freedom, deciding on the best interest of patient and recognising that the needs of the person with dementia may sometimes conflict with the needs of others who also deserve consideration. EDEM addresses this challenge. By involving a multitude of stakeholders in developing an ethical framework, recommendations and an educational toolkit available for use across Europe, EDEM aims at improving dignity, autonomy and quality of life of people with dementia, as well as reducing burnout and moral distress among caregivers.
Within the scope and aims of the COST Action EDEM Istanbul Meeting operated workshops, discussed book projects and international collaborative studies both online and in person by the Action Members during two days in Istanbul Acibadem University. Istanbul Meeting produced insightful discussions, full-fledged drafts, and significant outputs.
