What exactly is dementia, what challenges do those affected have to overcome, and how does the disease affect families? A recent Dutch study found that knowledge about these and other questions surrounding dementias is insufficient. The study included 655 randomly selected residents of the municipality of Groningen...
Digital technologies are increasingly important for dementia and are gaining growing interest. Dutch researchers have now attempted to gather evidence on the effectiveness of technical options for improving self-management and social participation. Digital technologies enable social participation, facilitate self-management, and contribute to improving the living conditions of people…
Das Risiko, eine Demenz zu entwickeln, ist deutlich niedriger, wenn Menschen mit leichter kognitiver Störung (MCI) ein Hörgerät tragen. Mit einem Hörgerät verbessert sich nachweislich der Gehörsinn sowie die Kommunikation und es verringert sich die kognitive Belastung. Das bedeutet: Persönliche und soziale Schwierigkeiten werden gelindert. Dennoch verzichten zum Beispiel in …
Ältere Menschen, die gleichzeitig sowohl beim Hören als auch beim Sehen beeinträchtigt sind, haben ein erhöhtes Demenzrisiko. Zu diesem Ergebnis gelangten Wissenschaftler*innen in den USA. Durchgeführt wurde die Studie in den USA bereits zwischen 1992 und 1999 und mit einer Nachbeobachtungszeit von bis zu acht Jahren. Im Mai 2022 wurden …
Doctors should closely monitor the cognitive abilities of patients with type 2 diabetes, even in the years following their initial diagnosis. This is due to a later increase in dementia. This is presented by a new scientific study from Germany. Scientists from Germany have now proven what had previously been little researched. They investigated to what extent...
A person's lifestyle influences their risk of developing dementia later in life – research agrees on this. Relevant factors include nutrition, exercise, and social contacts. However, since social contacts are difficult to measure, British researchers specifically investigated the dementia risk of people living alone. Little social contact is...
How does shift work affect health? According to current studies, possible consequences include cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Research on a link between shift work and dementia has not yet yielded a consistent picture. Danish scientists wanted to investigate this further. The scientists, led by Jeanette Therming Jørgensen from...
Cars, trains, construction sites – noise from the surrounding environment can also increase the risk of developing dementia in old age. This is shown by a study on the effects of environmental noise in the US metropolis of Chicago. Learning difficulties in children, as well as hearing damage, sleep disorders, and cardiovascular diseases in adults – these are some of the possible health problems that...
Living healthier, taking better care of oneself – many people resolve to do this at the start of the year. However, for one particular group, this is especially difficult: family caregivers often don't think enough about themselves. Yet, they themselves are often exposed to high burdens. To make them aware of their own situation, the…
Bavaria's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Melanie Huml, emphasized at the event „Dementia and Digitalization – New Paths in Bavaria“ on September 24, 2020, in Nuremberg, how important it is not to let research projects like digiDEM Bayern be slowed down by Corona: „The digiDEM Bayern project faced the challenge, during the lockdown, of working with 350 research partners..."
