title: [Promoting patient-oriented dementia research - current issues in the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Witten/Herdecke University].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  caring for people with dementia presents a growing challenge in an ageing society. We urgently need innovative future-oriented concepts of evidence-based health care which would improve the care for people with dementia, even under adverse circumstances. The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Witten is willing to meet this challenge.
  the DZNE in Witten supports interdisciplinary research and houses three scientific work groups acting in close co-operation and focusing on 1) care structures, 2) care interventions, and 3) knowledge circulation and implementation research. A comprehensive project plan focuses on people with dementia's perspective in the early stages of the disease. It intends to investigate their needs, requirements und activities as a basis for the development of appropriate concepts. Apart from specific research questions methodological issues arising from the complexity of the subject are of interest.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the institutional funding of the location offers an unparalleled opportunity to plan long-term and more complex projects. This might lead to a close co-operation with the Witten/Herdecke University, where health care research is of particular relevance.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE), Standort Witten, Witten. Sabine.Bartholomeyczik@dzne.de
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartholomeyczik
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Holle
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riesner
authors.forename: Margareta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halek
authors.forename: Horst Christian
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Vollmar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009313:National Health Programs; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011157:Population Dynamics