KENIGSBERG , Paul-Ariel

Given that there may well be no significant advances in drug development before 2025, prevention of dementia/AD through the management of vascular and lifestyle-related risk factors may be a more realistic goal than treatment. Level of education and cognitive reserve assessment in neuropsychological testing deserve ...

Alzheimer's disease and other related disorders (ADRD) represent a major challenge for health care systems within the aging population. It is therefore important to develop better instruments to assess the disease severity and progression, as well as to improve its treatment, stimulation, and rehabilitation. This is the underlying idea for the...

Relations between sensory functions and Alzheimer's disease are still under explored.To understand them better, theFondation MédfJricAlzheimer has brought together a multi-disciplinary expert group. Aristote's five senses must be enhanced by today's know ledge of proprioception, motor cognition and pain perception. When cognition breaks dawn,...

Assistive technologies (AT) became pervasive and virtually present in all our life domains. They can be either an enabler or an obstacle leading to social exclusion. The Fondation Médéric Alzheimer gathered international experts of dementia care, with backgrounds in biomedical, human and social sciences, to analyse how AT can address the...