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...
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)...
On 12/08/2021, the 400th participant for the digiDEM Bavaria project was recruited and interviewed. The project phase of digiDEM Bavaria started on 01/01/2021. Within one year, 400 people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and people with dementia, as well as their caregivers, have so far been surveyed about their care situation. Despite difficult conditions…
In Deutschland leben zurzeit rund 1,7 Millionen Menschen mit Demenz, allein in Bayern sind es rund 240.000. Für die Betroffenen und ihre Familien bedeutet die Erkrankung eine extreme psychische und physische Belastung, für das Gesundheitssystem und die Gesellschaft eine der größten Herausforderungen der Zukunft. Das „digitale Demenzregister Bayern“, kurz „digiDEM …
