On the 24^th and 25^th of April the Scientific Planning Committee of Qatar Care, with the collaborative efforts of the Educators from various agencies under Hamad Private Nursing Services, came up with a timely and effective teaching and learning scheme and launched of Dementia passport for its nurses handling patients with cognitive challenges hereto referred as Dementia. 

The activity aims at evolving the participants’ traditional knowledge of Dementia from just “forgetfulness” to its core. How a person came out to be demented by learning about its physiological changes, manifestations, the appropriate medical approaches, and most importantly, the role of the nurses embodying the person-centered care approach.

Jessica Nilesh Waghmare MSc(N), who works as an Acting Educator at Hamad Medical Corporation Private Nursing Services and wrote a research paper on Nurse Assessment Survey on Dementia training and Education Among Nurses in Qatar: Descriptive Survey: ADI London paper accepted February: 2022 at HMC, was the program's esteemed speaker. She spoke on recent advances, research trends, and policies, as well as accomplishments and problems in the field of dementia in Qatar, as well as global progress and issues in this field, and provided recommendations to improve outcomes.