A new €2.9m project funded by the European Commission will seek to reduce and or delay dementia risk. The University of Glasgow, one of five partners in the project, will receive a €600,000 share of the grant to help develop and validate online tools which can generate personal risk reduction strategies and support individuals aged between 50 and 60 adhere to those strategies. The study, called In-MINDD will work with patients and health care professionals to develop and test these online tools and to understand how they can become part of routine life and work. The project will also engage with the public, professionals and media to highlight ways in which people might try to reduce their chance of developing dementia in the future. In-MINDD involves colleagues at Dublin City University, Maastricht University, Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis and Pintail Ltd. Work in Glasgow is located within the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, led by Professor Kate O'Donnell (General Practice & Primary Care), with Dr Alex McConnachie (Robertson Centre for Biostatistics).  For more details, see  http://www.inmindd.eu/

 

First published: 30 November 2012

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