FINGERS Brain Health Institute

Thank you Karolinska Institutet Neuroscience (StratNeuro) for bringing neuroscience to the public, a Saturday in March. A great program including both an interactive family session and educational lectures on Alzheimer's disease, aging, and AI, with Anna Matton, Sara Garcia Ptacek and Pawel Herman. #brainhealth

Quick flashback to another amazing and important event arranged by the "1.6 & 2.6 Million Club", a Swedish non-profit organization founded by Alexandra Charles and focused on women's health and equality in medical research and education, and supporting scientists in these fields. At this year's "Woman in Red" event, brain health and heart health were program highlights. Miia Kivipelto, Mai-Lis Hellenius, Ylva Trolle Lagerros and Wilhelmina Hoffman discussed and gave updates on lifestyle-oriented dementia prevention research and dementia care. A panel with Karin. Schenck-Gustafsson, John Pernow and Cecilia Linde covered the latest in heart research. All framed with music entertainment and crowned with the scholarship ceremony rewarding young scientists, in the presence of the Swedish Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson. Thank you to everyone involved for the fantastic evening and for supporting these imperative matters! 👉 Anyone wondering about the name of the Club? When it was founded in 1998, there were 1.6 million women over 45 years in Sweden. Ten years later, the 2.6 Million Club was added, for women 25+. (Men are welcome too!) https://lnkd.in/dtteXB7S #brainhealth #healtyaging #dementiaprevention #cognitivedecline #alzheimer #nevertooearly #nevertoolate

Thank you Lidingö Stad municipality for inviting us to this interesting and enlightening meeting between South Korean governmental and embassy officials and Lidingö decisionmakers and specialists. An excellent opportunity for experience and knowledge sharing!

✨Happy for the opportunity to meet the 2024 winners of the Queen Silvia Nursing Award (QSNA) Catherine Emödi Berglund (Danderyds kommun) and Natalie Simander (Tyresö kommun), and of course the QSNA team, led by Sophie Lu-Axelsson, and QSNA partners. Thank you so much for visiting us and for our valuable and insightful discussions, and big congratulations to the worthy winners! Warm thanks for your devoted work in the fields of healthy aging, caregiving and support, and prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. 🌹Catherine receives the award for her devoted and important support to relatives to patients with Lewy body dementia. 🌹Natalie is awarded for the personal and much appreciated innovative digital support she provides to elderly caretakers in their homes. Swedish Care International Queen Silvia Nursing Award International Dementia Forum X Sophie Lu-Axelsson Miia Kivipelto #queensilvianursingaward #healthyaging #dementiaprevention #cognitivedecline #alzheimers #FINGER

🌹 Thank you to the The Gothenburg Region for the opportunity to present the #FINGER model at this week's conference on prevention and health promotion, gathering professionals of the regional municipalities and themed "Active and healthy aging". Liss Elin Larsson was there to talk both about lifestyle-based prevention of cognitive decline and the unique Train your Brain (Träna hjärna) program driven by Lidingö Stad and Karolinska Institutet. Great to also hear impressive examples from other municipalities and to meet their representatives to share experiences. A warm thanks to organizers, speakers and attendees for a well organized and inspiring day! ✨ #dementiaprevention #cognitivedecline #alzheimers #nevertooearly #nevertoolate

Inspirerande! Bra jobbat i Lunds kommun! 🥐

💡 Are the findings from the #FINGER study generalizable to different settings in the Swedish context; memory clinic, primary care, and municipalities? 💡 How can the FINGER model be adapted and implemented across socioeconomically diverse populations? These are two of the research questions set forth in the FINGER-Pro project, engaging a total of 11 partners, and funded by the Forte - Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. This week, we met in Stockholm for our 1-year progress report and plans ahead. Thanks everyone for really valuable work and great collaboration! Karolinska Institutet Karolinska University Hospital Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum Stockholms Sjukhem Lidingö Stad #FINGERPro #dementiaprevention #implementation #cognitivedecline #Alzheimer

🤝 "How can public involvement support research on dementia risk reduction?" – WEBINAR, Friday 14 March 10.30-11.30am CET The LETHE Project team, together with AD-RIDDLE and Pattern-Cog, are pleased to invite you this webinar on public involvement in dementia risk reduction research. Hear how advisory boards are set up and listen to first hand experiences from advisory board members. The program includes presentations, a panel, and opportunities for questions from the audience. Warmly welcome! More info and registration: https://lnkd.in/dwQwJi7r #dementia #alzheimer #cognitivedecline #dementiaprevention #dementiariskreduction #publicinvolvemnent #PPI #LETHE #ADRIDDLE #PatternGog

Warm thanks to our Japanese and Nordic partners and colleagues of the NJ-FINGERS project for our productive meeting in Helsinki this week! 🤝 Both being super-aging societies and facing similar challenges, the Japanese and Nordic regions work together to investigate the feasibility, adherence, and efficacy of multidomain dementia preventive interventions. Comparing observational data and harmonized trial datasets from the #FINGER, MIND-AD, and J-MINT studies, we are investigating prevention mechanisms in the trial populations and making great progress towards developing joint multifactorial risk prediction models. Thank you to our host Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) who also arranged a mini-symposium for a larger audience, with professors Pekka Puska, Hidenori Arai 荒井秀典 and Miia Kivipelto. Happy for this sincere dedication and great collaboration between our countries and for the funding from NordForsk and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development that makes it possible. 🖐 Japanese National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Stavanger University Hospital Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Karolinska Institutet Jenni Lehtisalo Tiia Ngandu Konsta Valkonen Hidenori Arai 荒井秀典 Takashi Sakurai Taiki Sugimoto Kazuaki Uchida Yujiro Kuroda Kosuke Fujita Miia Kivipelto Francesca Mangialasche Ewelina Kurczynska Katarzyna Wantuch Ana Sabsil Lopez Rocha Alina Solomon Kaisa Paldanius Dag Aarsland Miguel G. Borda Felipe Botero #NJFINGERS #healthyaging #alzheimers #dementiaprevention #precisionprevention #lifestyleinterventions #cognitivedecline

"Every day counts". This is the title of the updated national dementia strategy for 2025-2028 presented today by the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Regeringskansliet, Socialdepartementet). Covering healthcare, dental care, and social welfare, the new strategy puts increased focus on prevention, detection, and personalized healthcare and social care, as well as tailored support to next of kin. Two perspectives form the basis for the strategy: 🤝 Dementia is not part of normal aging. Evidence and knowledge about prevention and risk reduction must permeate all efforts in dementia healthcare and social care. 🤝 Persons living with dementia must get the support and care they need to live a dignified and meaningful life, including early detection and tailored treatment. For the nearest years, the government grants funding to regional collaboration and support, including further development of municipal evidence-based dementia care, and to institutions working to spread knowledge and hold data registers for research. Read more in Swedish ⬇️ Anna Tenje Jakob Forssmed Malin Danielsson #dementiastrategy #dementiaprevention #healthyaging #alzheimers #dementiacare #cognitivedecline