Soccer is fun, soccer is the most popular sport in the world. But what many don't know is that professional soccer players have a 1.62 times higher risk of developing dementia than the general population. However, only outfield players are exposed to this increased risk, not goalkeepers. The current study from Sweden included 6007 male individuals, in...
For what reasons are people with dementia admitted to the hospital? Researchers at the University of Bremen and the Psychiatric and Psychotherapy Clinic at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) have compiled the current state of research literature. However, they also know that hospital stays could be avoided if timely outpatient care for people with dementia were strengthened. ...
Poorer sleep quality and disrupted sleep-wake rhythms – do shift workers actually have a higher dementia risk? Chinese scientists have now assessed the dementia risk in shift workers. Nothing beats a restful sleep. However, more and more jobs operate around the clock, which often means shift work. Some studies suggest that...
How effective are cognitive trainings using information and communication technologies for people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia? A female scientist and a male scientist from South Korea discovered something surprising in a review published in the fall of 2022. They recommend a specific training method that can delay the progression of dementia. Verbal fluency, ...
Insbesondere im ländlichen Raum ist die Palliativ- und Hospizversorgung von Menschen mit Demenz ein wichtiges Thema. Denn es mangelt sowohl an Hospizen als auch an Demenz-Wissen, fanden kanadische Wissenschaftler*innen heraus. Dass es in ländlichen Gebieten oft an leicht zugänglichen Gesundheitsdienstleistungen mangelt, ist seit vielen Jahren bekannt. Was aber nur wenige …
Eine Studie über Demenzdiagnostik in Schweden kommt zu einem überraschenden Ergebnis. Menschen mit Demenz, die auf dem Land leben, werden häufiger vollständig diagnostisch untersucht als Patient*innen in der Stadt und in mittelgroßen Gemeinden. Das im Jahr 2007 ins Leben gerufene Schwedische Demenzregister (SveDem) verfolgt das Ziel, Menschen mit Demenz ab …
Sterblichkeitsrate, Arztbesuche oder Krankenhausaufenthalte: Inwiefern spiegeln sich Unterschiede in der Qualität der Demenzversorgung auf dem Land und in der Stadt in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur wider? Forschende aus Kanada haben Unterschiede herausgefunden. Kanadische Forschende wollten es ganz genau wissen: Inwiefern spiegeln sich Unterschiede in der Qualität der Demenzversorgung auf dem Land …
People with dementia in rural areas prefer to visit a general practitioner's office. In contrast, people with dementia living in urban areas more frequently consult medical specialists in the fields of neurology or neuropsychiatry. This was the conclusion reached by researchers at the University of Bremen who analyzed the healthcare utilization of 1.7 million individuals with statutory health insurance. In our...
The first dementia screening day in Amberg, Upper Palatinate was met with enthusiastic response. Many citizens followed the joint invitation from digiDEM Bayern, the Digital Dementia Register Bavaria in Erlangen, and its Amberg cooperation partners Jan Kreusel and Birgit Hübner, to have their own memory performance checked free of charge with the help of a scientific short test. „The interest was present the whole…”
A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Digital Dementia Registry Bavaria (digiDEM Bayern) has, for the first time, evaluated German-language apps for people with dementia and for caregivers based on scientific evidence and user quality, arriving at two sobering results. For most dementia apps available on the so-called "self-payer market," there is no scientific evidence of their...
