COST Action EDEM CA21137 – Ethics in Dementia (EDEM) will hold a Management Committee (MC) & Working Group (WG) Meeting in Istanbul Acibadem University on September 4-5, 2025. The Local Host of the COST-EDEM Istanbul Meeting will be the History of Medicine and Ethics Department at Acibadem University School of Medicine represented by Prof. Dr. Yesim Isil Ulman, a member of the 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 will dedicate Istanbul Meeting on the ongoing and planned works, book projects and collaborative studies of the WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 during two days in Istanbul Acibadem University.
Istanbul MC & Working Group Meeting Programme
4-5 September 2025
Acıbadem University School of Medicine, History of Medicine & Ethics Department
Day One: 4 September 2025 (Room: A 203)
9.00-9.30 Coffee & Tea
9.30-10.30 MC Meeting
Coffee & Tea 10.30- 11.00
11.00-12.00 MC Meeting
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch (Campus Restaurant – Ground Floor)
13.30 – 16.00 Discussions and Workshop
Coffee & Tea 14.30-14.45
Small group discusses review WG1. (A 203)
The rest of the group discusses book idea WG5. (A 204)
Conference Dinner: (Departure from Acibadem University at 18.00 / 6.p.m. )
Day Two: 5 September 2025 (Room: A 203)
9.00-9.30 Coffee & Tea
9.30 – 10.30 Discussion of ethical framework WG3
Coffee & Tea 10.30-11.00
11.00-12.00: Discussion of ethical framework WG3
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch (Campus Restaurant – Ground Floor)
13.30 – 16.30 Planning and discussion of sub-projects in WG4
Coffee & Tea 14.30-15.00
Day 1:
Acibadem University is inviting you to a planned zoom meeting:
Subject: COST Action EDEM Istanbul Acibadem Univ.Meeting, Day 1
Time / Date: 4 September 2025 09:0 A.M Istanbul / Turkey Time
Join Zoom Meeting https://acibadem-edu-tr.zoom.us/j/99544185057
Day 2:
Acibadem University is inviting you to a planned zoom meeting:
Subject: COST Action EDEM Istanbul Acibadem Univ.Meeting
Time / Date: 5 September 2025 09:00 A.M. Istanbul / Turkey Time
Join Zoom Meeting: https://acibadem-edu-tr.zoom.us/j/99873120807
Venue: Acibadem University, Kucukbakkalkoy, Kayisdagi, No: 32 Atasehir – Istanbul /Turkey
Contact: Yesim Isil Ulman +90 216 500 4135 (Office) / yesimul@yaho.com
Organising Committee:
Sigurd Lauridsen, Kate Irving, Yesim Isil Ulman, Ceren Ilikan Rasimoglu, Gamze Kaya, Kaan Bicici, Esra Dogru
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