[Health promotion: a relevant concept for a management and organizational dynamics tool in the restructuring of a geriatric hospital].

Introduction: The financial difficulties encountered by Martinique hospitals has led to restructuring of the territory's medical project with the merger of three healthcare facilities. These new constraints impacting the work environment with organizational consequences in services.

Methods: A management experiment was attempted in a geriatric day care hospital based on the use of health promotion concepts.

[A memory outpatient clinic in Martinique].

The ageing of the population is resulting in a growth in chronic physical and/or psychological pathologies, including Alzheimer's disease which progresses relentlessly with age. Lamentin hospital in Martinique has created a memory outpatient clinic in order to accelerate awareness raising, training and diagnosis.

[A memory consultation clinic, an asset for Alzheimer's disease].

In the face of an ageing population and the significant prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases, a team of doctors from the Lamentin general hospital in Martinique has set up a memory clinic. Its objective is to reach out to and inform the public in order to encourage screening and early diagnosis. Treatment and support also form part of its missions.