Research project pdp

pdp – Programme for Dementia Prevention

Pdp is a programme for effective dementia prevention within Luxembourg in a target population by employing personalised lifestyle interventions.

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    02 Feb 2018
  • Duration in months:
    58
  • Funding:
    Luxembourg Ministry of Health
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Rejko Krüger

About

The “Programme for Dementia Prevention (pdp)” is a programme for effective dementia prevention within Luxembourg in a target population presenting either a Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or a Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD) in cognitive areas, such as memory, attention, language or visuo-spatial skills. The pdp wants to support people belonging to this target population by introducing them to new ways how to stay cognitively and physically active.

The programme is based on recent scientific evidence that demonstrates the opportunity to prevent dementia – or at least to delay it – by actively acting on specific modifiable risk factors, such as hypertension, high levels of cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity, depression, social isolation, hearing loss as well as smoking and high levels of alcohol consumption.

As part of the national action plan against dementia, the Ministry of Health has implemented a comprehensive dementia prevention programme, in collaboration with the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg and many partners based in Luxembourg, including the Ministry of Family Affairs, and the Info-Zenter Demenz.

The pdp aims to serve as an interface between clinical care and research in order to support researchers gaining new insights into dementia and its prevention. The findings of the pdp and related research projects are presented at national and international conferences and congresses.

Since pdp is an integrated care concept, we want to reach this goal through a coordinated approach between the different health care providers and thus work in close collaboration with the treating physicians and other partners.

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Organisation and Partners

  • Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB)
  • Translational Neuroscience
  • Luxembourg Ministry of Health
  • Info-Zenter Demenz
  • Luxembourg Ministry of Family Affairs
  • ZithaAktiv
  • Clubs Seniors Help asbl
  • Association Nationale des Diététiciens du Luxembourg (ANDL
  • Club Senior Schwaarze Wee
  • Lëtzebuerger Verein fir Gediechtnistraining asbl

Project team

  • Rejko Krüger

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  • Amna Skrozic

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  • Dorothee Erz

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  • Anne Kaysen

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  • Valerie Schröder

    Luxembourg Institute of Health, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

  • João Manuel Loureiro

    Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

  • Margarita Reyes

    Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

  • Dr. Deborah McIntyre

    Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

Keywords

  • Mild cognitive impairment
  • dementia
  • dementia prevention
  • Subjective Cognitive Decline
  • memory

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