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INTERVIEW

10th Anniversary Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center

Belén Frades, neuropsychologist at the CIEN Foundation

How and in what year does Belén Frades come to the Alzhei-
mer Center?

I officially started in this Center on April 15, 2010. I previously knew the Foun-
dation as a collaborator in some CIBERNED research projects and had the
privilege of participating in the evaluation and evaluation of the first CAFRS patients.

What do you remember and what would you highlight from the first years at the Alzheimer
Center? And today, what would you highlight?

I was enthusiastic about the idea of working in a Center that was just starting out and being part of a mul-
tidisciplinary and comprehensive professional team. Everything was new and I enjoyed that feeling. Deve-
loping and starting the Vallecas Project was a great challenge. As the only neuropsychologist in the Center
I proposed the suggestions and ideas that were of my competence. The fact of being the only professio-
nal in my field meant that I had to defend firmly the usefulness of the proposals, as well as to debate and
convince the other members of the UIPA. The decisions were mostly consensual and that helped in the pro-
ject and contributed to the fact that we know each other as people. The work scheme was open and
dynamic and was completed as the most accurate idea advanced, there was a "warm up" with the pilot
project that told us what we should improve.
Currently, we have been with the PV for 7 years and in recent years we have obtained and published in-
teresting results. The neuropsychology team has been consolidated and strengthened within the UIPA.

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