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...
Background: For people with dementia to be actively involved in care planning, early discussion of care planning topics is of central importance [1]. The concept of so-called Advance Care Planning (ACP) offers a promising way to take their individual wishes regarding end-of-life care and treatment into account [2]. …
Background: Tailored information about dementia can relieve caregivers of people with cognitive impairments [1]. It is known that the information needs of caregivers adapt over the course of the illness or depending on the severity of the disease [1]. However, less research has been done on whether the health information sources also adapt in this process...
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 …
Häusliche Ergotherapie kann dazu beitragen, die Lebensqualität von Menschen mit Demenz sowie von pflegenden An- und zugehörigen zu verbessern. Zu diesem Ergebnis kam eine Übersichtsarbeit, in der Studien unter anderem aus Deutschland, Australien, den Niederlanden, Hongkong und Brasilien ausgewertet wurden. Anziehen, Körperpflege betreiben oder etwas essen und trinken: Menschen mit …
Caregivers and relatives often find their work in the home environment overwhelming or psychologically stressful. For example, they feel tired, overextended, and not sufficiently recognized for their actions. However, home care also has its positive aspects. This is the conclusion of a current study led by…
The first dementia screening day in Amberg, Upper Palatinate was met with enthusiastic response. Many citizens followed the joint invitation from digiDEM Bayern, the Digital Dementia Register Bavaria in Erlangen, and its Amberg cooperation partners Jan Kreusel and Birgit Hübner, to have their own memory performance checked free of charge with the help of a scientific short test. „The interest was present the whole…”
Germany has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to digitizing its healthcare system. At the same time, health apps are becoming increasingly popular. They can be easily downloaded from app stores and used regardless of location or time. According to one study, almost 80 percent of people aged 60 to 69 are „online.“ But what about the quality of the apps, especially…
Memory training, brain fitness exercises, early dementia detection tests, or organizational aids for daily care: The range of apps for people with dementia (PwD) and their caregivers is diverse. A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has for the first time examined German-language apps for PwD and for caregivers for scientific evidence and …
A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Digital Dementia Registry Bavaria (digiDEM Bayern) has, for the first time, evaluated German-language apps for people with dementia and for caregivers based on scientific evidence and user quality, arriving at two sobering results. For most dementia apps available on the so-called "self-payer market," there is no scientific evidence of their...
