Many people view the development of dementia as an inevitable fate of old age. However, scientists have proven that if lifestyles change, around 40 percent of dementia cases could be prevented. Prevention methods to stay mentally healthy and capable include, for example, exercise, social contact, and not smoking. Especially in...
Volunteering in your free time feels good. In: Deutscher Verband Ergotherapie e.V., dve.info, August 1, 2023
Report on digiDEM Bavaria as Germany's largest dementia registry. In: nordbayern.de, July 29, 2023
On the nationwide largest dementia registry digiDEM Bavaria. In: Ärzteblatt, July 25, 2023
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)...
Report on the new digiDEM Bavaria study on volunteer work. In: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, mdr WISSEN, July 20, 2023
Volunteering in your free time feels good: it strengthens cohesion in a club, helps the environment, and supports older people, for example. What had hardly been scientifically investigated until now is the health benefit for the volunteers themselves. A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has...
Volunteering in your free time feels good: it strengthens cohesion in a club, helps the environment, and supports older people, for example. What had hardly been scientifically investigated until now is the health benefit for the volunteers themselves. A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has...
A dementia illness means that those affected gradually lose memories of their own lives. Initially, those affected forget current situations, but as the illness progresses, memories of images and events from their own past also fade. These losses can alter the perception of one's own self-image. So that people with dementia...
At the 2nd Bavarian E-Health Congress in Augsburg, digiDEM Bayern was also present as an example of a digital project funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care. At the digiDEM Bayern booth, Klaus Holetschek, Bavarian State Minister of Health and Care, learned about the latest digital offering, the online questionnaire „digiDEM Bayern DEMAND®“. The second Bavarian E-Health Congress took place...
