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...
How do loneliness and social isolation affect the life satisfaction of people with dementia and their spouses? And to what extent does loneliness or social isolation influence each other's life satisfaction? A study from Great Britain reports on these experiences. How people with dementia and their caregivers...
Is forgetfulness in old age normal? Or is it a sign of dementia? In conjunction with the 5th Bavarian Dementia Week, taking place from September 20th to September 29th, 2024, digiDEM Bayern is once again drawing attention to the increasingly important topic of early dementia detection. Around Dementia Week, the scientists at digiDEM Bayern have organized a total of 17 dementia screening days...
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...
