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Dementia is a psychiatric disease caused by neurodegeneration, characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive functions, leading to changes in patients' daily lives (WHO, 2015). 47.5 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, and this number is expected to rise to 75.6 million by 2030 and exceed 140 million by 2050 (WHO, 2015). In Germany, dementia affects around 1.2 million people, mainly women and seniors. Approximately 200,000 new cases are diagnosed every year (Tunstall, 2015). The average cost associated with these mental illnesses is more than 43,000 euros per patient per year, with almost 68% of this amount borne by carers and families (Tunstall, 2015). Dementia therefore has a significant impact on patients and their relatives, which underlines the need for specially adapted treatments and appropriate management of the disease in Germany.