What is the challenge?

There are over 50 million people worldwide living with dementia, and this number is expected to reach 82 million by 2030.

As the brain ages, it becomes more vulnerable to decline, and maintaining independence in daily life can become increasingly challenging for older adults. People with Mild Cognitive Impairment, an intermediate condition between normal brain ageing and dementia, may develop dementia in the future.

There remains an urgent need for early risk assessment and timely intervention. Current clinical practices often involve time-consuming patient investigations and tend to focus on managing later-stage symptoms, partly due to the limited availability of diagnostic tools. This creates significant implications for families, healthcare systems and care costs.

Through AI-Mind, the consortium worked to reduce the burden of dementia by developing novel, AI-based tools to support healthcare professionals in diagnosis and enable more timely interventions for patients.