Recent research has already shown a connection between dementia and suicide risk. Scientists from Great Britain have now investigated in a current publication to what extent the suicide risk differs between various types of dementia. Understanding the differences is of great importance for several reasons. Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and suicide deaths are usually counted under...
Researchers from China found that 62 percent of surveyed older high-risk individuals were willing to participate in dementia screening. However, only 12 percent actually underwent the test. The researchers cited psychological factors as the explanation for this discrepancy. Almost 40 percent of dementia cases can be prevented or...
Dementia prevention at the municipal level – how can it succeed? A study from the USA investigated how older people deal with their test results and the information they received after the test. More than half of the study participants shared their screening results with their families, and a good third informed...
Dementia screening by primary care physicians: What are the risks and benefits? Researchers in the USA have investigated in a study whether targeted dementia testing for older people has advantages or disadvantages. It was previously unclear whether primary care screening for dementia offers more benefits to older people...
Those who take a dementia self-test don't know exactly what lies ahead. For some, a dementia screening can also be associated with mental strain. Researchers from Sweden have investigated the significance of anxiety in dementia self-tests in a study. Dementia self-tests are considered a good way to promote early dementia diagnosis and…
Despite the benefits of early dementia detection, many people worldwide hesitate to undergo dementia screening. Researchers from Singapore have identified eight main factors in a recent study that influence the willingness to have one's memory tested. In their study, published in July 2025, the researchers found...
As cognitive decline progresses in people with dementia, „Advance Care Planning“ (ACP) can be a valuable support for those affected as well as for their caregivers and relatives. This is because ACP helps to identify individual preferences for future treatment and document them in a structured manner. ...
When people with dementia and their caregivers search for information about dementia, they often use traditional search engines like Google or Bing. However, conversational platforms based on artificial intelligence, so-called chatbots, are increasingly being used. A language model like ChatGPT has been trained on billions of terms, words, and…
In the second part of our new special newsletter, SCHLAGLICHT – New Dementia Medications, Jana Rühl, a research associate at digiDEM Bavaria, discusses the publication by the research team led by Professor Sören Mattke from the University of Southern California. Today, we address the question of whether healthcare systems can even cope with the diagnostic requirements...
Direkt vor Ort oder über einen Livestream zuhören: Expertinnen und Experten aus ganz Deutschland beleuchten am Donnerstag, 23. November 2023, im Rahmen des öffentlichen Teils der Tagung „Häusliche Pflege – Herausforderungen, Konsequenzen und Perspektiven“ zahlreiche Fragen zu diesem Thema. Die Tagung richtet sich an pflegende An- und Zugehörige, Betroffene, Fachleute …
