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EITH Health Innovation Pilar:Personalized Digital Services for Cognitive Rehabilitation and AssessmentBjörn Vlaskamp, PhD, Philips
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Consortium
Marie Sjölinder
Mirande Groener
Panos Markopoulos
Alexander Kurz
Björn Vlaskamp
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A memory trick
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A memory trick for remembering names…
e.g., Yesavage et al., 1983
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A memory trick for remembering names…
e.g., Yesavage et al., 1983
Bjorn Vlaskamp
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A memory trick for remembering names…
e.g., Yesavage et al., 1983
Bjorn Borg
Bjorn Vlaskamp
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A memory trick for remembering names…
e.g., Yesavage et al., 1983
Bjorn BorgFlask
Bjorn Vlaskamp
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What can we do for people suffering from cognitive decline?
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Cognitive Decline and Aging
What is cognition?
Memory Attention
Language
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Cognitive Decline and Aging
The proportion of people > 60 will double from 11% to 22% (WHO)2015 2050
Many people experience cognitive impairments…
Normal age-related cognitive decline
Subjective cognitive impairmentsMild cognitive impairments (3-20% over 60yrs, e.g. Busse et al., 2003)
Dementia (5-7% of individuals over 60 yrs, Prince et al., 2013)
…and their number is increasing
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Problems in everyday lifeFinances Preparing food
Groceries
Med adherence
Appointments
Remember names
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No Cure!!!How to deal with problems in everyday life?
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Compensate rather than remediate or cure
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Compensate rather than remediate or cureIdentify everyday life problem, teach right strategy
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Goal-directed cognitive therapy is successful in dementia and MCI
Bahar-Fuchs et al., 2013, Cochrane reviewHuckans et al., 2013, Neuropsychology review
Practical solutions are provided in some memory clinics
However, these solutions are costly, not widespread and not available to everyone…
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What to do when people are back at home?How to scale up this treatment?What is available for people who subjectively experience impairments?
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•Personalized Digital Services for Cognitive Rehabilitation and Assessment
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EIT Health is supported by the EIT, a body of the European Union
THANK YOU!
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