Palliative care is a specialized form of medical and nursing treatment for people with a severe and incurable illness. The focus is not on healing, but on alleviating distressing symptoms. The aim is to provide those affected and their relatives and loved ones with the best possible quality of life. Palliative care...
Regarding dementia prevention, education is necessary. It is „still largely unknown among the population that and by what methods dementia can be prevented,“ write researchers from Germany. They investigated what dementia-related digital information materials are available. They also analyzed how the materials cover risk factors, treatment measures, and so-called decision aids such as...
Alongside hearing loss, high blood pressure, and diabetes, social isolation in older adults is one of the modifiable risk factors that can contribute to the development of dementia. An interdisciplinary research team from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now investigated the connection between social isolation and cognitive impairment. The results show: people with cognitive impairments have a high...
Alongside hearing loss, high blood pressure, and diabetes, social isolation in older adults is one of the modifiable risk factors that can contribute to the development of dementia. An interdisciplinary research team from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now investigated the connection between social isolation and cognitive impairment. The results show: people with cognitive impairments have a high...
E-prescription, electronic patient record (ePA), or e-medication plans (eMP) – what are the challenges in implementing the numerous applications of the Telematics Infrastructure (TI)? And how are these applications accepted by the public and various healthcare providers? To find out, the ‚TI Model Region Franconia‘ is testing and piloting the various TI applications with...
Those who sleep too little or irregularly have a higher risk of developing dementia. This was the conclusion reached by researchers from the USA. In a study conducted over a longer period, they questioned 826 participants about their sleep habits and also performed neuropsychological examinations. Scientists have for a long time been linking...
Whether atrial fibrillation is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia is currently intensely debated among medical professionals. Is the therapy of cardiac arrhythmias a protective factor against dementia? And which forms of therapy - rhythm control or heart rate reduction - are more effective in this regard? Researchers from China have found an answer to these questions. Their ...
Approximately 35 percent of dementia cases are attributable to modifiable risk factors such as diet. Researchers from Great Britain are linking the consumption of large quantities of industrially produced and highly processed foods to the development of dementia. Ready-made meals or sugary drinks: Reaching for them on the shelf is often tempting, as such industrially produced...
A group of Dutch and British researchers investigated which factors are associated with an increased risk of developing early-onset dementia. They analyzed data from more than 356,000 study participants recorded in the UK Biobank, a large-scale long-term study in Great Britain. If the first...
Hearing loss is one of the most important risk factors for developing dementia. However, this risk can be reduced by using a hearing aid or a cochlear implant. Researchers from Singapore have discovered that people who no longer hear well and therefore wear a hearing aid reduce the long-term decline of their cognitive abilities...
