Dan Adrian Gădălean 

Romanian Alzheimer Society, Napoca Branch – President

Dan Adrian Gădălean was born in Dej and graduated from high school in the Mining Petroleum Geology Department, specializing in Topography (1990), field in which he worked before joining the army. He has a bachelor degree both in Social Work and Theology, acquired from “Babeş-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca (2002) and a master’s degree in Christian Archeology (2004). In 2016 he successfully defended his thesis and got a PhD in Sociology. In 2009 he founded the Cluj-Napoca branch of the Romanian Alzheimer Society. He has worked in a multidisciplinary community, within a mental health team. In his role of social worker, he worked with clients, their families and caregivers, providing support, counseling, information and referrals, including people who had mental health issues. In previous roles, his duties consisted in providing social support to clients, in the form of both one-on-one counseling sessions and group therapy; advising family, caregivers; and consulting with doctors, medical professionals and therapists. 

As Co-led coordinator of a support group his main activities included: recruiting participants, organizing activities, moderating the weekly activities with participants and designing the thematic meetings.