Neurorehabilitation in Dementia: WFNR Special Interest Group

1. WFNR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON DEMENTIA WFNR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON DEMENTIA SIG governance o Chair: A Sokolov o Secretary: V Manera Current members  Prof. Sylvie Belleville, Montréal, Canada, psychologist  Dr. Giulia Bommarito, Lausanne, Switzerland, neurologist  Dr. Andrea Brioschi Guevara, Lausanne, Switzerland, neuropsychologist  Prof. Filiz Can, Ankara, Turkey, physical therapist  Prof. Linda Clare, Exeter, UK, psychologist  Prof. Auriane Gros, Nice, France, speech therapist  Prof. Stefan Klöppel, Bern, Switzerland, gerontopsychiatrist  Dr. Christine Krebs, Bern, Switzerland, neuroscientist  Dr. Valeria Manera, Nice, France, neuroscientist  Prof. Tobias Nef, Bern, Switzerland, engineer  Prof. Arseny Sokolov, Lausanne, Switzerland, cognitive neurologist  Dr. Theodore Zanto, San Francisco, USA, neuroscientist

2. Mission & objectives Mission & objectives  Identify efficacious interventions to prevent cognitive decline, and to maintain or improve cognition, behaviour and everyday functioning in people with age-related neurocognitive disorders  Identify effective and practical methods of early detection, with the potential to improve large- scale assessment in the senior population, neurorehabilitation and follow-up  Develop interdisciplinary guidelines for promoting high-quality research, and exchanging interdisciplinary knowledge and experience with health professionals and policy makers, to impact current clinical and research practice  Raise general awareness of the relevance of rehabilitation for older people with neurocognitive disorders across the spectrum  Organize dedicated sessions at the WFNR meeting and other international conferences.  Build a platform for information, interaction, and networking among all professionals interested in neurorehabilitation of dementia within the WFNR

3. Activities Activities in 2023 in 2023 • Several presentations on the role of new technologies for neurorehabilitation in July at AAIC2023, Amsterdam (S Belleville, A Sokolov, V Manera, S Klöppel, C Krebs, A Brioschi Guevara, T. Zanto) • Symposium at the European Congress of Neurorehabilitation in August 2023, Lyon (A. Sokolov, F. Can, E. de Brujn) • Symposium on Multimodal neurorehabilitation accepted at WCNR 2024, Montreal (S. Belleville, A. Sokolov, M. Montero-Odasso, B. Hampstead) • Preparation of two position/opinion papers on dementia neurorehabilitation interventions for cognitive

4. Plan for 2024 • Increase the number of SIG members • Sara Isernia, Fondazione Don Gnocchi, Italy – neuroscience • Florian Sanders, University of Lausanne, Swirzerland, neurology • Esther Brill, University of Bern, Switzerland - psychology • Philippe Robert, Université Cote d’Azur, France - gerontopsychiatry • Rachid Guerchouche, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France – ICT • Organise a webinar a dementia rehabilitation SIG name The members voted for “Neurorehabilitation in dementia” to replace “Dementia”