Conference: Challenges and Perspectives of Home Care

Direkt vor Ort oder über einen Livestream zuhören: Expertinnen und Experten aus ganz Deutschland beleuchten am Donnerstag, 23. November 2023, im Rahmen des öffentlichen Teils der Tagung „Häusliche Pflege – Herausforderungen, Konsequenzen und Perspektiven“ zahlreiche Fragen zu diesem Thema. Die Tagung richtet sich an pflegende An- und Zugehörige, Betroffene, Fachleute …

Special Anniversary: digiDEM Bavaria Celebrates the 55th Dementia Screening Day

In the summer of 2022, the Bavarian Digital Dementia Registry (digiDEM Bayern), which is affiliated with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), held its first free dementia screening day. Now the scientists are celebrating a special anniversary. The 55th dementia screening day in Bavaria took place in Würzburg. The offer, in the form of a short scientific test, was taken by...

33. Alzheimer Europe Conference: digiDEM Bavaria was there

International Dementia Research: At the 33rd Alzheimer Europe Conference in Helsinki, digiDEM Bavaria scientists presented their latest research findings to a large audience. See, listen, exchange: More than 1,100 people from 48 countries attended the 33rd Alzheimer Europe Conference, which took place in Helsinki, Finland, from October 16-19. Among the participants…

digiDEM Bavaria at the DKVF in Berlin

digiDEM Bavaria in Berlin: Under the congress motto „Health Services Research – Engine of Evidence-Based Health Policy,“ the digiDEM Bavaria team participated in the 22nd German Congress for Health Services Research (DKVF). The scientific meeting took place from October 4th to 6th, 2023. Health services researchers focus on the „last mile“ in the healthcare system. For example, they research whether new…

digiDEM Bavaria welcomes Frankenfernsehen

The online questionnaire „digiDEM Bayern DEMAND®“ is the focus of the report by Cathrin Kuhl, editor at Frankenfernsehen in Nuremberg. With camerawoman Katharina Mitrov, she visited digiDEM Bayern to speak with Nikolas Dietzel, the co-developer of the online questionnaire. A special support service helps people with dementia and their caregivers and relatives, who...

World Alzheimer's Day 2023: digiDEM Bavaria provides information on psychosocial interventions

Today is World Alzheimer's Day. For us at digiDEM Bayern, it is therefore natural that we also provide information and raise awareness about dementia on World Alzheimer's Day. Dealing with it is a task for society as a whole. It is also important to us to actively counteract the stigmatization of people with dementia. We do this by...

digiDEM Bavaria is Germany's largest dementia registry

With 1,500 study participants from all over Bavaria, the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has reached a record high. This makes digiDEM Bayern the largest dementia registry in Germany and one of the most extensive projects for collecting long-term data in dementia research within the European Union (EU). In the research project funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (StMGP)...