ABSTRACT According to the 2009 World Alzheimer Report, the number of people living with
Alzheimer's and dementia is predicted to double almost every 20 years, and people will …

The increasing number of persons with dementia means growing demands on care and
support at home, and so additional solutions are needed. In the European COGKNOW …

Based on the demographic changes and the rapid increase of older population in Europe,
major challenges are expected to rise, both in the economy as well as the society, whether …

Older people with cognitive impairment need support in their everyday living. IN LIFE an EC
co-funded project aims to organize large-scale and multi-country pilot applications, by …

CAREPATH project is focusing on providing an integrated solution for sustainable care for
multimorbid elderly patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment. The project has a …

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a state related to ageing, and sometimes evolves to
dementia. As there is no pharmacological treatment for MCI, a non-pharmacological …

The dementia is a degenerative uncurable disease. Giving its high prevalence worldwide, it
is considered a major global public health concern. Patients with dementia need long-term …

The growing of ageing population worldwide and the need to focus research efforts on a
specific target group motivate our research to focus on frail ageing people with chronic …

It is estimated by 2050 that one-third of Europe's population will be over 60. Life expectancy
has on average already risen by 2.5 years per decade and the number of old people aged …

Family care is the most accepted and preferred care setting for both long-term care patients
and their relatives. However, many of these caregivers are elderly people themselves, and …