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  Playfully maintaining mental strength
 
  Dear Sir or Madam,

Every person wants to stay healthy and fit for as long as possible. Not only physically, but also mentally! But a disease like dementia affects older people just as it can affect sporty young people. However, there are various ways in which the brain's performance can be supported, even if the diagnosis has already been made. Just not taking action is never a good alternative. By the way, you are also doing something good for your brain by reading our newsletter. So have fun reading!

To read the article, click here: Dementia: playfully maintaining mental strength .

Have a nice rest of the week
Simone Ernst
Editorial team REHACARE.com
 
 
Graphic: 14 to 17 September 2022, REHACARE International Trade Fair for Rehabilitation and Care, Düsseldorf, Germany
 
 
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Dementia: playfully maintaining mental strength
Topic of the Month
Photo: An older woman with white-blond hair and a light-coloured jumper stacks colourful building blocks on a table; Copyright: envato/LightFieldStudios
Dementia is a progressive disease and ultimately cannot be cured by any therapy. Although there are medicinal approaches that are supposed to keep brain performance, no active substance has yet been found that would revolutionize the therapy. It is therefore all the more important to preserve the patients' functional abilities for as long as possible after diagnosis.
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Frank Lackner – That's how he rolls
How we roll
Photo: Frank Lackner in an exhibition hall with a leather bag around his neck and looking at the camera; Copyright: private
Frank Lackner fights for more accessibility in public spaces. In 1991, he and a friend founded the International Citizens' Initiative for Wheelchair Users' Interests, or INTERROLLI in short. What improvements he would like to see in disabled toilets and how else he rolls, he tells us on REHACARE.com.
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Tangible safety: self-determination thanks to Flexo handrail systems
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Image: Double-sided and standard-compliant wall handrail in a residential complex; Copyright: Flexo-Handlaufsysteme GmbH
Code-compliant handrail systems provide safety and make stairs accessible and usable for more people. They help reduce fall risk, facilitate more mobility, and allow people to gain access to all rooms. Thanks to its work with older adults and people with disabilities, Flexo-Handlaufsysteme GmbH knows about potential barriers and has made it its mission to promote the self-determination of people.
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Neural prosthesis uses brain activity to decode speech
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Researchers from HSE University and the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a machine learning model that can predict the word about to be uttered by a subject based on their neural activity recorded with a small set of minimally invasive electrodes.
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"Mobile tailor-made suit" by PARAVAN: flexible operating devices for vehicles
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Image: Lukas sits in his new Ford Tourneo Connect with the Space Drive driving and steering system and two joysticks; Copyright: PARAVAN
 
Lukas drives his new Ford Tourneo Connect with the Space Drive driving and steering system and two joysticks – one for accelerator/brake and one for steering. But every now and then, someone else sits behind the steering wheel who doesn't need these input devices. Thanks to a resourceful solution from PARAVAN's technicians, this can be realized within a minute.
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