title: [Memory Bistros to maintain social ties for Alzheimer patients and their carers].
abstract: More than twenty Memory Bistros in cafés situated in town centres across France provide a meeting place for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and their family and friends. Overcoming their isolation, restoring, maintaining and reinforcing social ties, supporting carers, helping patients to express themselves are some of the objectives of these weekly get-togethers which are free to attend and offer a place of free expression.
authors.affiliation: Union nationale des Bistrots Mémoire, Rennes. christiankoechlin@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koechlin
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D009938:Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration; D012147:Restaurants; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support