How we got dementia on the global health agenda – A long journey
Starting from scratch When I started my work at Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) by the end of 2006, I learned from the representatives...
Posted 25/09/2019
My Passion about Dementia Research
My current area of research interest is dementia care and particularly how to improve the quality of life for people with dementia through...
Posted 12/09/2019
2019 International Psychogeriatric Assocation conference (IPA) @ Santiago de Compostella
Early September 2019, some 400 participants from around the world gathered in Spain for the bi-annual IPA-conference. The four conference days...
Posted 10/09/2019
Article of the month July 2019
The website committee selected as paper of the month July: Charras K, Dramé M. Treatment Indications in Clinical Practice and Applied Research on...
Posted 20/08/2019
Article of the month June 2019
The website committee selected the publication by Astell et al. for publication of the month June. In this article “Technology and Dementia...
Posted 23/07/2019
2019 annual INTERDEM meeting
The annual INTERDEM meeting will occur on 23rd October 2019 (8.30-17.00 hours) in The Hague, annex to the Alzheimer Europe conference (23 evening...
Posted 23/07/2019
IMI Stakeholder Forum 2019
On June 12 the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Stakeholder Forum 2019 found place in Brussels, with the theme Brain health and disease in...
Posted 19/07/2019
Article of the month – May 2019
WHO guidelines on Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia Two years after The Lancet commission on dementia published their report and...
Posted 02/07/2019
My experiencie in a 3-day Interdem Academy Masterclass in London
I joined INTERDEM a few years ago on the advice of my second supervisor. Since then I have been to two absolutely wonderful INTERDEM...
Posted 21/06/2019
Kick-off meeting JPND SHARED project
On the 15th of May 2019 the kick-off meeting of the JPND Social Health And REserve in the Dementia patient journey (SHARED) project took place in...
Posted 07/06/2019
Article of the month – April 2019
Coughlan, G., Coutrot, A., Khondoker, M., Minihane, A.-M., Spiers, H., & Hornberger, M. (2019). Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of...
Posted 31/05/2019
My passion about dementia research: Making a difference
For me, it was 46 years ago that it all began. I had just finished my degree in Experimental Psychology and having been accepted onto a clinical...
Posted 21/05/2019