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Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2026

July 12-15, 2026 | London, United Kingdom, and Online

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Embedding New Technology In Primary Care To Improve Outcomes For Patients With Dementia - The UKDRI Minder Study In West London

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Poster Presenter

David Wingfield

Authors

David Wingfield, Maria Rasulo, Monica Branca Morim

Affiliations

Hammersmith and Fulham Partnership, London, United Kingdom; School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Dept of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; UK Dementia Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, Dept of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Hammersmith and Fulham Partnership, London, United Kingdom; UK Dementia Research Institute, London, United Kingdom

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KEY TAKEAWAY: The UKDRI Minder Study demonstrates that complex dementia research incorporating home-monitoring technology, biological sampling, imaging and longitudinal follow-up can be successfully delivered within Primary Care.

INTRODUCTION

•Dementia research has traditionally been conducted in specialist hospital centres.

•Dementia care is increasingly delivered in community settings.

•Primary care is well-positioned to support complex research studies and long-term follow-up.

•Traditional approaches to care may miss early indicators of deterioration and often respond only after conditions become clinically apparent.

•Digital technologies provide continuous, real-world insights and opportunities for earlier intervention (see figure below).

•Integrating research within primary care can support scalable approaches for routine NHS implementation (see figure below).

METHODS

Role of Primary Care Research Teams:

Primary care research teams are uniquely positioned to support technology-enabled dementia research through trusted patient relationships, local clinical knowledge and long-term follow-up.

The Minder cohort demonstrated that primary care teams can successfully deliver:

•participant recruitment and consent

•technology deployment and support

•Retention and longitudinal follow-up

•clinical assessments, and bio sampling

•coordination with specialist research teams

Key Message: Complex multimodal dementia research can be successfully delivered in primary care settings, beyond traditional hospital-based settings.

RESULTS

Starting Year: 2021 - present

Participants recruited N=65

Participants withdrawn N=44

Mean time in the study N=21.8 months

CONCLUSIONS

The UKDRI Minder programme demonstrates that complex technology-enabled dementia research can be successfully embedded within primary care, generating rich longitudinal data to support the development of digital biomarkers and earlier detection of health deterioration.

We have shown:

✓ Established technology-enabled dementia research in primary care

✓ Demonstrated long-term participant engagement

✓ Generated multimodal dataset

✓ Developed digital biomarkers

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

✓ Further development of machine learning algorithms

✓ Validation of digital biomarkers

✓ Earlier detection of escalating care needs

✓ Improving Patient care through ✓ Translation into routine clinical practice

CONTACTS:

MONICA.MORIM@IMPERIAL.AC.UK

M.RASULO@IMPERIAL.AC.UK

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