For early diagnosis. Digital Dementia Register Bavaria develops scientific online questionnaire
Das Fachmagazin berichtet über das besondere digitale Angebot von digiDEM Bayern. In: CAREkonkret, Ausgabe 17, 22.04.2022
Faster dementia diagnosis with an early detection tool
Mit einem weiteren digitalen Angebot unternimmt digiDEM Bayern, das Digitale Demenzregister Bayern, den nächsten Schritt, um die Lebensbedingungen von Menschen mit Demenz und ihren pflegenden Angehörigen in Bayern zu verbessern. Die Forscher*innen haben einen wissenschaftlich abgesicherten Online-Fragebogen entwickelt. Er ermöglicht es nahestehenden Personen von älteren Menschen, deren kognitiven Abbau einschätzen …
Just forgetful or already demented?
Reportage über den Online-Fragebogen zur Beurteilung der Gedächtnisleistung In: Straubinger Tagblatt, 06.04.2022
Digital Offering from digiDEM Bavaria: Assessment of Memory Performance
According to the latest World Alzheimer’s Report 2021, 75% people with dementia worldwide live without a confirmed diagnosis. A German study reports a similar proportion. According to the study, 60% people do not have a confirmed diagnosis. Digital tools are a key means of identifying more cases of dementia. That is why the digiDEM Bayern team is presenting a … in the webinar
Is my mother senile? Family members get initial clues with an online questionnaire
Der neue digiDEM Bayern- Online-Fragebogen erfasst kognitive Veränderungen innerhalb der beiden vergangenen Jahre. In: NN.de, 31.03.2022
Faster dementia diagnosis with an early detection tool
With another digital offering, digiDEM Bavaria, the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register, takes the next step to improve the living conditions of people with dementia and their caregivers in Bavaria. Researchers at the Interdisciplinary Center for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Public Health at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a scientifically validated online questionnaire. It enables...
Higher Healthcare Costs: What Dementia Can Cost
To estimate the costs of dementia, Swedish scientists examined the additional costs the healthcare system has to bear: High care needs already arise ten years before a formal dementia diagnosis. The goal of the Swedish study was to investigate the healthcare costs associated with dementia over a period of 17 years...
Higher Healthcare Costs: What Dementia Can Cost
To estimate the costs of dementia, Swedish scientists examined the additional costs the healthcare system has to bear: High care needs already arise ten years before a formal dementia diagnosis. The goal of the Swedish study was to investigate the healthcare costs associated with dementia over a period of 17 years...
Analog dial or digital display?
To know what time it is, a glance at the clock is enough. But which type of clock makes it easier for people with dementia to read the time? The analog dial or the digital display? A new study from Japan on dementia-friendly watch design answers this question. People with dementia are daily and multiple...
Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia Risk: Vigilance is Key
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...
