Dementias in a Systemic View a Survey in Brindisi Social Health Service District.

Based on the perspective of complex systems, in 2012-2013 a group of sociologists of the Salento University carried out a survey on the issue of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s and their relationship with health care facilities1. In order to prepare a program of interventions in some sectors of the Local Health Authority – with consequences on families and associations interested in the issue – and to provide training for health employees and patients, the general aim of the research project was to get infor-mation on three areas: the environment that surrounds people with dementia (health and associative resources in the area); the system of action of families in which there is a patient with dementia/Alzheimer’s; the interaction be-tween them and the health care facilities. Before the explanation of the survey outcomes, the perspective of complex systems, especially in the social sphere, and the aspects considered will be clarified.