On the occasion of the 6th Bavarian Dementia Week from September 19 to 28, 2025, the research project digiDEM Bavaria is setting a unique milestone for the early detection of dementia: citizens can have their cognitive performance tested at 56 locations in all Bavarian administrative districts – close to home and free of charge. With this, the most extensive wave of dementia screening days to date...
Pioneer in dementia care and family caregiver research: For his outstanding achievements in dementia research and volunteer work, Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Gräßel was today honored with the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award was presented to Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Gräßel by Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder at a...
Bavarian State Minister for Health, Care, and Prevention, Judith Gerlach, opened the first digiDEM Bayern (Bavaria Dementia) screening day in Hösbach, Lower Franconia. The public's interest in having their memory performance checked was enormous: the test day was fully booked. In her welcoming remarks at the Hösbach Library Center, where the test day took place, the Health Minister emphasized...
Globally, 75 percent of all people with dementia live with the condition without it ever being diagnosed. This means dementia is frequently underdiagnosed – primarily due to a lack of knowledge about the disease and its symptoms. This raises the question of where exactly people with mild cognitive impairments and people...
Acquiring knowledge, early detection of dementia, improving quality of life: With the new offering, the digiDEM Bayern Demenzbibliothek® (Dementia Library®), a comprehensive and freely accessible knowledge portal is now available. It provides well-founded, scientifically validated, and generally understandable information on the topic of dementia to a broad audience. The goal of the new offering from digiDEM Bayern...
Hausärztliche Versorgung, hauswirtschaftliche Hilfen oder die Inanspruchnahme einer Tagespflege: Lässt das Gedächtnis nach oder fällt zuhause die Orientierung immer schwerer, steigt der Bedarf an Unterstützung, um die Aufgaben des täglichen Lebens wie etwa Einkaufen oder Körperpflege zu meistern. Menschen mit leichten kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen nutzen dabei ambulante Unterstützungsangebote seltener als Menschen, …
Whether for smartphones, tablets, or as a web-based application on a PC: For over four years, doctors have been able to prescribe so-called digital health applications (DiGA). However, since their introduction, DiGAs, which are intended to improve healthcare, have often been the cause of conflicts between the stakeholders involved, such as...
Mit dem „digiDEM Bayern Präventionscoach®“ stellt das Digitale Demenzregister Bayern (digiDEM Bayern) ein Online-Angebot zur Reduzierung des persönlichen Demenzrisikos vor. Der „digiDEM Bayern Präventionscoach®“ ist ein innovativer digitaler Wegweiser für einen gesunden Lebensstil und kann dazu beitragen, das Risiko einer Demenzerkrankung zu senken. Neben zahlreichen wissenschaftlich abgesicherten Informationen rund um …
The Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has reached a new high with 2,500 participants from all over Bavaria. This makes the dementia research project the largest dementia registry in Germany and one of the most extensive long-term data collection projects in dementia research in the European Union (EU). In the project, funded by the Bavarian State Ministry...
Most people know Dr. Sarah Straub (38) from numerous performances as a musician throughout Germany. However, she is also a specialist in frontotemporal dementia and a clinical neuropsychologist at Ulm University Hospital. There, she researches people with dementia and their caregivers. As an artist and as a dementia expert, she sees herself as...
