What is it about?
Dementia, of which the most frequent form is Alzheimer’s disease, is a chronic and terminal condition with multi-factorial causes and numerous consequences on a patient’s life. Combining perspectives from different disciplines seems necessary to address the connections between cognitive symptoms, biological processes, treatment, lifestyle, and caregiving in order to reach the aim of developing a holistic, person-centered, patient-first approach.
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Why is it important?
With this paper, we raise some of the challenges that need to be addressed in order to initiate an interdisciplinary or even transdisciplinary research agenda and to integrate multiple disciplinary perspectives in dementia care and research.
Perspectives
We need to reduce the stigma around dementia and start communicating with every stakeholder for creating a society where health professionals empower patients and caregivers to be an active part in dementia management and where doctors prescribe ‘arts and sciences.’ A holistic person-centered, patient-first approach integrating biomedical research with human science and experience from care professionals would promote a more independent, socially integrated, and sustainable lifestyle for people with dementia.
Francisca Rodriguez
German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (DZNE)
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This page is a summary of: Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Perspectives: On the Road to a Holistic Approach to Dementia Prevention and Care, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports, February 2020, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/adr-180070.
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