Dementia prevention at the municipal level – how can it succeed? A study from the USA investigated how older people deal with their test results and the information they received after the test. More than half of the study participants shared their screening results with their families, and a good third informed...
Dementia screening by primary care physicians: What are the risks and benefits? Researchers in the USA have investigated in a study whether targeted dementia testing for older people has advantages or disadvantages. It was previously unclear whether primary care screening for dementia offers more benefits to older people...
Those who take a dementia self-test don't know exactly what lies ahead. For some, a dementia screening can also be associated with mental strain. Researchers from Sweden have investigated the significance of anxiety in dementia self-tests in a study. Dementia self-tests are considered a good way to promote early dementia diagnosis and…
Despite the benefits of early dementia detection, many people worldwide hesitate to undergo dementia screening. Researchers from Singapore have identified eight main factors in a recent study that influence the willingness to have one's memory tested. In their study, published in July 2025, the researchers found...
Smartphone applications are increasingly supplementing traditional healthcare: they can support patients in the prevention, treatment, or healing of diseases and also help people with dementia. For many manufacturers of so-called digital health applications (DiGA), the year 2019 represented a turning point: Germany was the first country in the world to...
On the occasion of the 6th Bavarian Dementia Week from September 19 to 28, 2025, the research project digiDEM Bavaria is setting a unique milestone for the early detection of dementia: citizens can have their cognitive performance tested at 56 locations in all Bavarian administrative districts – close to home and free of charge. With this, the most extensive wave of dementia screening days to date...
Restlessness, aggression, or hallucinations – so-called behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) occur in around 90 percent of those affected. This represents a significant burden for both people with dementia and their caregivers and relatives. But to what extent can digital aids...
Menschen mit kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen fällt es häufig schwer, sich räumlich zu orientieren und problemlos von A nach B zu gelangen. Dabei sind diese oft mit einer Demenz verbundenen kognitiven Veränderungen entscheidend, um die Erkrankung frühzeitig zu erkennen und behandeln zu können. Wie sich mit Hilfe von speziellen Smartphone-Daten erste Anzeichen für ein erhöhtes …
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...
Globally, 75 percent of all people with dementia live with the condition without it ever being diagnosed. This means dementia is frequently underdiagnosed – primarily due to a lack of knowledge about the disease and its symptoms. This raises the question of where exactly people with mild cognitive impairments and people...
