Volunteering in your free time feels good: it strengthens cohesion in a club, helps the environment, and supports older people, for example. What had hardly been scientifically investigated until now is the health benefit for the volunteers themselves. A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has...
Can definitive conclusions be drawn about the development of later dementia from early diagnostic findings? If so, are there any medications that actually work for this? In the digiDEM Bayern Science Watch LIVE webinar on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, physician and health services researcher Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Gräßel will report on the controversially debated topic of early Alzheimer's diagnosis. He is the…
With a new compact brochure, the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) provides information about its diverse digital services for people with cognitive impairments and dementia, family caregivers, volunteers, and interested parties. The brochure is available free of charge and can also be downloaded as a PDF document. Good advice is usually expensive when...
Das Digitale Demenzregister Bayern (digiDEM Bayern) stellt ein neues digitales Angebot vor. Menschen mit Demenz sowie ihren pflegenden An- und Zugehörigen hilft der neue Online-Fragebogen „digiDEM Bayern DEMAND®“, die eigenen Versorgungsbedarfe zu erkennen. Zugleich liefert der Fragebogen einen kompakten Überblick über vielfältige Unterstützungsangebote, die passgenau informieren. Die Wissenschaftler*innen der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) haben …
The premiere in Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia and its three districts Siegritz, Teuchatz, and Hohenpölz was a success: The dementia screening day organized by digiDEM Bayern on Thursday, April 20, 2023, was very well attended. Many citizens had their memory performance checked free of charge with the help of a short scientific test. The hosts were digiDEM Bayern, the Digital Dementia Register Bavaria in Erlangen, and the market town of Heiligenstadt. „I am...
Memory training, brain fitness exercises, early dementia detection tests, or organizational aids for daily care: The range of apps for people with dementia (PwD) and their caregivers is diverse. A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has for the first time examined German-language apps for PwD and for caregivers for scientific evidence and …
Fatigue, stress, little free time, or the feeling of lacking recognition: Relatives who care for people with dementia in their home environment, for example, often find their work overwhelming or psychologically burdensome. For the first time in Germany, a research team from the University Hospital Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has explored the positive aspects in a recent study…
Great joy at the Bavarian Digital Dementia Registry (digiDEM Bayern): The Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (StMGP) is extending the research project's duration and has issued digiDEM Bayern a corresponding funding approval of 2.5 million Euros. Especially in Bavaria's rural regions, the need for scientifically sound findings on the care situation of...
The Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) now counts 1,000 study participants from all over Bavaria. In the research project funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (StMGP), long-term data on the care and treatment of people with dementia and their family caregivers is being collected throughout Bavaria. The goal of digiDEM Bayern is to use the...
The digiDEM Bavaria symposium at the 11th Congress of the German Alzheimer's Association in Mülheim an der Ruhr attracted keen visitor interest. Scientists Jana Rühl, Anne Keefer, Nikolas Dietzel, and Michael Zeiler presented the latest research findings from health and care research in the field of dementia. After a long pandemic break, it was that time again: ...
