Activities for World Alzheimer's Day

Coping with Alzheimer's and senile dementia in everyday life presents enormous challenges for sufferers, relatives and carers every day. A diagnosis of dementia brings major changes for affected families. Worries, fears and uncertainties place an additional burden on everyday life. This makes it all the more important to make society aware of the issue.
Social acceptance and inclusion of people with dementia increases the appreciation of those affected, relatives, carers and all people who have to deal with the issue on a regular basis.
World Alzheimer's Day 2025
World Alzheimer's Day 2024
Information event on 20 September at the Metropol cinema
A diagnosis of dementia can throw your life completely off course. For the person with dementia and their family, the time afterwards is associated with many questions, uncertainties and fears.
The motto for World Alzheimer's Day 2025 is "Dementia - be and stay human". This message is intended to draw attention to the fact that people affected by dementia are and will remain the same people. Despite their illness, their experiences, memories, experiences and emotions continue to characterise them and are sometimes hidden deep within them. This often presents relatives and loved ones with a challenging everyday life. The 11th information day aims to show them how to overcome the everyday challenges so that they can be and remain human together with their loved ones.
With this event, the DementiaNet_C would like to inform and sensitise people about dementia-related changes in an understandable way. Interested parties can look forward to an exciting day with authentic testimonials, a panel discussion and a question-and-answer session that will give them a glimpse behind the scenes of dementia and help them understand it better. Information stands will provide knowledge about support services.
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Dementia Week 2025
Dementia Week 2025
Information event on 20 September at the Metropol cinema
Around Dementia Week from 14 September to 22 September 2024, a wide range of events are planned by various stakeholders on the topic of dementia. The aim of the series of events is to educate interested parties, relatives and those affected about the disease, raise public awareness and enable better participation for people diagnosed with dementia.
All events are free of charge.

"Dementia - be human and stay human."
This is the motto of the Dementia Week in Saxony from 20 September to 28 September 2025 in Chemnitz, where various stakeholders are planning a wide range of events on the topic of dementia.
The aim of the series of events is to educate interested parties, relatives and those affected about the disease, raise public awareness and enable better participation for people diagnosed with dementia.
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13.09.2025 09.30 - 14 h | "Is it Monday or August?" Dementia day - for those affected and caring relatives | Chemnitz Hospital gGmbH Dresdner Straße 178 09130 Chemnitz (in the ballroom) | Katrin Rottluff Phone: 0371 333-11482 Mobile:01522-2660845 | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
15.09.2025 | Dementia partner training Become a "Dementia Partner"! | New Technical Town Hall Friedensplatz 1 (city shop window) 09111 Chemnitz | Phone: 0371 4885564 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required, until 10.09. under 0371 488 5564 |
16.09.2025 2 - 3.30 pm | Workshop for young and old and dementia course Workshop on "The changing brain - understanding motor skills, memory and dementia". | Chemnitz multigenerational centre Irkutsker Street 15 09119 Chemnitz | Mr Ullrich Phone: 0371 3685873 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
17.09.2025 2.30 pm | Lecture: Stroke and dementia Every year, more than 200,000 people in Germany are affected by a stroke. | Pro Seniore Residence Chemnitz Salzstraße 40, 09113 Chemnitz | Carola Schröde Phone: 0371 3385816 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required, until 15.09.2025 under 0371 338509 |
18.09.2025 2 - 3 p.m. | Lecture: Sleep disorder with reference to dementia Challenges of regular sleep with possible effects on health | Chemnitz multigenerational centre Irkutsker Street 15 09119 Chemnitz | Mr Ullrich, Phone: 0371 3685873 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
20.09.2025 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Open day Get to know our centre, our team and our wide range of services. | AZURIT Senior Citizens' Centre Old Town Hall Gaußstraße 5 09117 Chemnitz | Phone: 0371 70090 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
20.09.2025 08.30 - 15 hrs | DEMENZ information day with documentary film | Metropol cinema Zwickauer Street 11 09112 Chemnitz | Tel.:0371 488-5564 Send e-mail | Costs: free Registration: required, until 12.09.2025 |
20.09.2025 11 am - 4 pm | Experience and understand dementia You will have the opportunity to familiarise yourself with the clinical picture of dementia through self-experiments. | Care service Am Stadtrand Zwickauerstr. 454 09117 Chemnitz | Karin Weiser Tel.:0371 80814042 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
21.09.2025 3 - 5 pm | Collective coffee drinking for relatives & those affected As part of our regular get-together for relatives, we invite dementia patients and their relatives to Haus Kreuzstift. | Day care centre Haus Kreuzstift Kanzlerstraße 31 09112 Chemnitz | Rebecca Türpe, Samantha Hengst Phone: 371-3665126 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
22. - 26.09.2025 09.30-11.30 a.m. | Day of the open morning During Dementia Week, our day care centre opens its doors to family carers, people in need of care and interested parties. | ASB Local Association Chemnitz and Surroundings e.V. Rembrandtstraße day care centre Rembrandtstraße 15 09111 Chemnitz | Anja Komor Phone: 0371 6951326 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
22.09.2025 09 - 11 am | Lecture and workshop: Dementia and nutrition The event is aimed at all interested parties and will be a mixture of a short lecture, a few suggestions for snacks (i.e. recipe and/or serving ideas) and a discussion round to exchange experiences. | Gleis 1 community centre Oberfrohnaer Str. 2 09117 Chemnitz | Birgit Lasch Phone: 0371 8208890 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required, until 18.09.2025 |
22.09.2025 10 am - 3 pm | Open day Caring means loving - but it also exhausts you. I am there for you during Dementia Week: with advice, understanding and open ears. | Mandy Staffa - Psychological counselling and coaching At the market 5 09111 Chemnitz | Mandy Staffa Tel.:0155 60324851 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
22.09.2025 10 am - 3 pm | Hands-on activities and tour of the day care centre Please register by telephone, spontaneous visitors are also welcome. | Heim gemeinnützige GmbH Day care centre Reitbahnhaus Fritz-Reuter-Straße 10 09111 Chemnitz | Tel.: 0371 27393727 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
22.09.2025 10 am - 1 pm | "Smell, see and remember nature" The Dementia Week is all about nature and well-being. A lovingly designed daily programme based on nature, mindfulness, exercise, creativity and culinary delights awaits you. | AZURIT Old Town Hall Senior Citizens' Centre Gaußstraße 5 and neighbouring park 09117 Chemnitz | Tel.: 0371 70090 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
22.09.2025 17.30-19.30 hrs | Lecture: Conversation skills and dealing with people suffering from dementia The lecture will take place as part of the regular family get-together. Dementia care will be offered during the event. | Chemnitz City Mission e.V. House Waldquell Rabensteiner Str. 14a 09224 Chemnitz | Marcel Kaden Phone: 0371 9098121 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
22.09.2025 4.30 pm - 6 pm | Digital provision and power of attorney In everyday life, it can quickly become relevant when online banking or other contracts that are only stored and accessible digitally are required or have to be handled by an authorised representative. | Saxony Consumer Advice Centre Chemnitz Zschopauer Straße 107 09126 Chemnitz | Sandy Kühne Phone: 0371-431500 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
23.09.2025 10 - 11.30 am | Digital provision and power of attorney In everyday life, it can quickly become relevant when online banking or other contracts that are only stored and accessible digitally are required or have to be handled by an authorised representative. | Saxony Consumer Advice Centre Chemnitz Zschopauer Street 107 09126 Chemnitz | Sandy Kühne Phone: 0371-431500 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
23.09.2025 09.30 - 11 am and 2 - 4 pm | Workshop for family carers Self-care, relaxation techniques, exchange of experiences, tours and hands-on activities in the afternoon. (Visits to the day care centre and care for relatives are possible during the workshop) | Heim gemeinnützige GmbH Day care centre Eislebener Straße Eislebener Street 17 09126 Chemnitz | Tel.: 0371 47100920 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: yes, spontaneous visitors are also welcome |
23.09.2025 09.30-10.30 a.m. | Experience sensory delights There will be an active activity with a blind tasting of different teas, cakes, fruit and vegetables. | Heim gGmbH, Care centre for the elderly Glösa, cafeteria Lichtenauer Weg 1 09114 Chemnitz | Danielle Nagel Phone: 0371 4664100 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
23.09.2025 2 - 4 pm | Café care break Exchange of expertise and experiences with family carers. | House of Encounter Max-Müller-Straße 13 09123 Chemnitz | Mrs Gabel, Mrs Radschuhn Tel.: 0371 2609455 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
23.09.2025 3 - 5 pm | Games afternoon The main focus of the games is on concentration and memory training. | Heim gGmbH, Senior care Altendorf At the home 15 09116 Chemnitz | Mrs Mania Phone: 0371 3818356 | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
23.09.2025 3.30 - 5 pm | "Nature that stays" On this afternoon, we invite you to one of our popular activity programmes, forest bathing. | AZURIT Senior Citizens' Centre Old town hall Gaußstraße 5 and neighbouring park 09117 Chemnitz | Phone: 0371 70090 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
24.09.2025 09.30-10.30 am | Information event for family carers Remembrance Day - Bringing the past to life + Lecture for family carers: "Because no one has to walk the path alone" | Heim gGmbH, senior citizens' care centre Glösa, cafeteria Lichtenauer Weg 1 09114 Chemnitz | Danielle Nagel Phone: 0371 4664100 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
24.09.2025 10 am - 2 pm | "Cooking like in a summer garden" Nature inspires and we experience this during our all-day programme. | AZURIT Old Town Hall senior centre Gaußstraße 5 and neighbouring park 09117 Chemnitz | Phone: 0371 70090 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
24.09.2025 10 - 12 am | Join-in morning | Arbeiterwohlfahrt Soziale Dienste Chemnitz und Umgebung gGmbH, Villa Marie day care centre Max-Saupe-Straße 43 09131 Chemnitz | Katrin Uhlig Phone: 0371 6956204 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
24.09.2025 15:30-16:30 | Lecture: Making provisions, but the right way - power of attorney and guardianship law People with dementia are dependent on help and support from third parties. | AOK PLUS - The health insurance company for Saxony and Thuringia Wladimir-Sagorski-Strasse 24 09122 Chemnitz | Katja Franke Phone: 0800 10590-61800 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
24.09.2025 16.30-18.30 hrs | Living with dementia - recognising challenges, seizing opportunities There will be a creative workshop for people with dementia to develop fine motor skills under the motto "Hands in motion. Feel, grasp, create". | LEBENS RAUM by Radau e. V. Rößlerstr. 12 09120 Chemnitz | Irina Gopenko Phone: 0152 24368119 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
25.09.2025 10 - 12 am | Join-in morning | Arbeiterwohlfahrt Soziale Dienste Chemnitz und Umgebung gGmbH Stollberger Straße day care centre Stollberger Str. 90 09119 Chemnitz | Katrin Uhlig Phone: 0371 6956204 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
25.09.2025 10 - 11 am and 2 - 5 pm | Tour of the Zeisigwald residential community - living together for people with dementia The self-managed residential community introduces itself and its concept. Participation in care and activity programmes is possible. | Residential community Am Zeisigwald Zeisigwaldstraße 73-75 09130 Chemnitz | Tel.: 0371 91223441 | Costs: free Registration: required |
25.09.2025 10 - 11 am and 2 - 4 pm | Hands-on activities and tour of the day care centre Tour of the Zeisigwald residential community - living together for people with dementia. Registration by telephone is requested, spontaneous visitors are also welcome. | Heim gemeinnützige GmbH, Zeisigwaldstraße day care centre Zeisigwaldstraße 73-75 09130 Chemnitz | Tel.: 0371 91223441 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
25.09.2025 09.30-10.30 am | Biography session Our colleagues show how dementia sufferers can be actively involved and how memories from their own past can be brought back to life. | Heim gGmbH, senior citizens' care centre Glösa, cafeteria Lichtenauer Weg 1 09114 Chemnitz | Mrs Danielle Nagel Phone: 0371 4664100 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
25.09.2025 10 am - 5 pm | "Beautiful things from nature" Nature inspires and we experience this during our all-day programme. | AZURIT Senior Citizens' Centre Old Town Hall Gaußstraße 5 and neighbouring park 09117 Chemnitz | Phone: 0371 70090 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
25.09.2025 1 - 4 pm | Dementia self-awareness with the dementia course "Hands-on dementia" The dementia course simulates the symptoms of dementia. | Arbeiterwohlfahrt Soziale Dienste Chemnitz und Umgebung gGmbH "Marie-Juchacz-Haus" Max-Saupe-Str. 43 09131 Chemnitz | Luisa Becher Phone: 0371 46676671 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
25.09.2025 2 - 4 pm | Afternoon for family carers at the BIP Care School Chemnitz We advise family carers on the topic of dementia with useful tips for everyday life, information on the clinical picture and regional support. | BIP Chemnitz Vocational School for Nursing Professions & Social Services Bernhardstraße 68 09126 Chemnitz | Michelle Gierschik Phone: 0371-5265557 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: yes, relatives suffering from dementia may be brought along, we ask for prior information |
25.09.2025 3 - 4.30 pm | Lecture: "Dementia and nutrition" Lecture, followed by a round table discussion to share experiences | Heim gemeinnützige GmbH, Einsiedel meeting centre Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79a 09123 Chemnitz | Steffi Barthold Phone: 037209 2553 | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
25.09.2025 3 - 7 pm | Tea dance for family carers Entertaining afternoon with entertainment, social exchange, counselling and support from employees of the social service of the inpatient facility | Haus am Zeißigwald (cafeteria) Fürstenstraße 264 09130 Chemnitz | Kay Bellmann Phone: 0371 7475111 Send e-mail | Cost: 7 euros Registration: not required |
25.09.2025 3.30 pm - 7 pm | Film: Honey in the head Film, followed by dinner together | Quer Beet Sociocultural Centre Rosenplatz 4 09126 Chemnitz | Mrs K. Molnar Phone: 0371 5905948 Send e-mail | Costs: UKB dinner: 12 € members, guests: 14 € Registration: required by 19.09.2025 |
25.09.2025 3 - 6 pm | Open day Enjoy a unique and educational experience at our nursing school. | WBS Training Schulen gGmbH, Kauffahrtei 25, Entrance C 09120 Chemnitz | Laura Haase Phone: 0151 64020902 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
26.09.2025 09.30-10.30 a.m. | Wellness for body and soul We are offering a wellness day for body and soul for our residents. Anyone interested is welcome to be inspired in dealing with relatives with dementia. | Heim gGmbH, senior citizens' care centre Glösa, cafeteria Lichtenauer Weg 1 09114 Chemnitz | Danielle Nagel Phone: 0371 4664100 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
26.09.2025 1 - 5 pm | "Find peace in nature" The week of dementia is all about nature and well-being. | AZURIT Senior Citizens' Centre Altes Rathaus Gaußstraße 5 and adjoining park 09117 Chemnitz | Phone: 0371 70090 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required |
26.09.2025 13.30-15.30 hrs | Aids in care and measures to improve the living environment The themed afternoon is aimed at family carers who can find out about the use of aids in care and measures to improve the living environment in order to make everyday care easier. | Reha-aktiv GmbH Zwickauer Street 73 09112 Chemnitz | Phone: 0371 488 5552 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: required by 22.09.2025 |
27.09.2025 11 am - 4 pm | Experience and understand dementia You will have the opportunity to familiarise yourself with the clinical picture of dementia through self-experiments. | Care service Am Stadtrand Zwickauerstr. 454 09117 Chemnitz | Karin Weiser Tel.: 0371 80814042 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: not required |
28.09.2025 10 - 12 am | Dementia-sensitive church service | Evangelical Lutheran St Andrew's Church Chemnitz Pfarrstraße 2 09126 Chemnitz | Tel.: 0371 33506573 | Cost: free of charge Registration: not required |
30.09.2025 10 - 12 am | Basic knowledge of basal stimulation | City Mission Chemnitz e.V. Matthias Claudius House Max-Schäller-Straße 3 09122 Chemnitz | Katrin Schubert Phone: 0371 23923231 Send e-mail | Costs: free of charge Registration: yes, Please register by phone or email by 29.09.2025. There is the possibility of caring for relatives during this time. |