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Webinar: Digital Care Applications (DiPAs) – with Markus C. Müller
Digitale Lösungen in der Pflege? Ab 2022 sind digitale Pflegeanwendungen (DiPAs) von den Pflegekassen erstattungsfähig und können somit die Versorgung von Pflegebedürftigen verbessern und den Pflegealltag der sorgenden Angehörigen erleichtern. Insbesondere im ambulanten Pflegesetting kann der Einsatz von digitalen Lösungen, wie zum Beispiel von Apps oder webbasierten Anwendungen, einen längeren …
Do caregivers of people with dementia sleep less and worse?
Caring for a person with dementia is emotionally and mentally demanding, which can lead to negative changes in a caregiver's overall health. Sleep disturbances are suspected to exacerbate these changes. For example, acute and chronic sleep problems are linked to poorer stress regulation. How sleep problems relate to caring for people with...
How caregiving affects the sleep health of family caregivers
Most people with dementia are cared for at home by their relatives. The burdens of care and changes in the sleep patterns of people with dementia often also negatively affect the sleep of the caregivers. How exactly the sleep health of people caring for a family member with dementia is...
How sensory stimulation can help improve sleep disturbances in people with dementia
As dementia progresses, sleep disorders often occur, which can affect not only the person with dementia but also their relatives or caregivers. A disrupted sleep-wake rhythm can lead to faster cognitive decline, intensify neuropsychiatric symptoms, and cause functional impairments as well as a reduced quality of life. …
Higher dementia risk due to short sleep duration
Changes in sleep behavior are common in people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. Sleep changes are thought to be due to a misregulation of the sleep-wake cycle, caused by pathophysiological processes of the disease. In addition to considering sleep disorders in patients, there is also growing interest in...
Worse sleep quality due to sharing a household?
Worldwide, approximately 841 million people with dementia live at home and are cared for by family members. Some family members may feel guilty or lonely if they do not live in the same household as the person with dementia. But how does living together—and the resulting „round-the-clock contact“—affect sleep quality …
Webinar: Volunteering & Dementia
Volunteers are an important building block in the care of people with dementia and in relieving the burden on their family caregivers. Due to demographic change, changing family structures, and the increasing number of dementia cases, the promotion of volunteer engagement in the field of dementia has increasingly come into the political focus. Furthermore…
6th Bavarian Dementia Conference - „Autonomy and Dementia“
The 6th Bavarian Dementia Conference took place on October 11, 2021, at the Congress Centrum in Würzburg. The hybrid event offered both in-person and virtual participation. The team from digiDEM Bayern was on-site and enjoyed many exciting presentations and discussions, as well as personal contact with...
MCI Risk: Eat breakfast regularly, drink plenty of water!
Too much sugar or salt, too little fruit and vegetables – there's already a lot of insight into which foods can influence the risk of cognitive impairment. But what role do dietary habits, such as the frequency and timing of meals, actually play? Chinese researchers investigated this and...
