About Demenz

Demenz

demenz.DAS MAGAZIN — the Fachzeitschrift for a humane approach to dementia — has appeared quarterly since 2009 from the Verlag Brinkmann & Meyhöfer in Hanover: the dialog of people with and without dementia. The Erfahrungsberichte, Reportagen, Interviews, Hintergründe (experience reports, reportages, interviews, backgrounds) — connecting Demenzbetroffene, Angehörige, berufliche Helfer (people with dementia, relatives, professional helpers). The 69/2026 issue — the money — deserves its telling. The "Was Geld Demenz zählt? – und welche Bedeutung haben finanzielle Fragen im Leben von Menschen mit Demenz?" — the 2026's — explores the financing: the Pflege/Versorgung's challenges, the personal Geld experiences. The articles — the Fink/Gronemeyer/Schultz editorial ("Geld und Demenz"), the Thomas Klie's "Vom Einzelfall zum Muster" (the legal care), the Dagmar Jung's "Über Geld spricht man (nicht)!?", the Henning von Vieregge's "Sorge kostet. Selber schuld…", the "Demenz und Geld" (the Berufsleben-Ruhestand transition) — map the theme: the facets. The practical — the "Wie können ältere Menschen sich vor Geldbetrug schützen, Schulden vermeiden und ihre finanzielle Situation im Alter sichern?" — advises: the protection. The societal — the Solidarsystem's future, the demographic change, the aging society's money role — widens: the view. The issue's function — the 69's — exemplifies the quarterly: the facettenreicher Blick (multifaceted view) — the money and dementia.

Overview

The magazine serves the dementia community: the Menschen mit Demenz (people with dementia — including early-stage), the pflegenden Angehörigen (caregiving relatives), the Entscheider und Fachkräfte in der Pflege (care decision-makers and professionals), the bürgerschaftlich Engagierten (civically engaged). The quarterly rhythm — the four Themenhefte (theme issues) a year — follows the care year's rhythm: the seasons, the debates. The theme-issue model — each issue a Schwerpunkt (focus) — deepens: the topic.

The 2026 themes — the 68 "Leben und Wohnen mit Demenz" (living and housing: the Heim, the WG, the Wohnraum als seelischer Raum), the 69 "Was Geld Demenz zählt?" (money: the financing, the fraud protection, the solidarity system) — exemplify the breadth: the life. The 2025 — the 67 "Liebe in der Sorge für Menschen mit Demenz" (love in care) — opened the heart: the emotion. The columns — the continuing voices — deserve their telling. The "Recht auf Demenz" — Thomas Klie's column (the 68/2026: the Wohnen als "Wonne") — claims the rights: the law. The "Kunst der Demenz" — Oliver Schultz's (the Blickwechsel auf die Innenwelten Betroffener) — shifts the view: the art. The "Neues von der Fee Dementia" — Britta Flaig's new column (the humorvollen Einblicke in ihr Leben mit Alzheimer) — laughs: the lightness. The Demenz-Fragebogen — the questionnaire (the Olivia Mitscherlich-Schönherr, the Britta Flaig) — asks: the person. The columns' function — the continuing — serve the readers: the familiar — the demenz's voices, quarterly.

History

demenz.DAS MAGAZIN — the 2009 founding — emerged from the dementia movement: the Aktion Demenz's civil-society network. The Verlag Brinkmann & Meyhöfer GmbH & Co. KG — An der Strangriede 54 A, 30167 Hanover — publishes the quarterly: the Hanover. The Herausgeber (editors) — since September 2020: Reimer Gronemeyer, Michaela Fink, Oliver Schultz — lead the journal: the dialog.

The Gronemeyer editorship — the 2020 leadership — deserves its telling. Reimer Gronemeyer — the sociologist (the JLU Gießen, the Aktion Demenz, the Stiftung Convivial's Ivan Illich, the Pallium e.V.'s Namibia) — edits since September 2020 with Michaela Fink and Oliver Schultz: the Herausgeber. The Aktion Demenz — the deutschlandweite bürgerschaftliche Initiative (the network for Wohlergehen and Teilhabe, the Entstigmatisierung) — roots the journal: the civil society. The "Man spürt, wie das Jenseits im Diesseits wächst" (the Schwerpunkt's line) — voices the theme: the transcendence. The editorship's function — the 2020's — leads the dialog: the three — the demenz's helm. The Fink/Schultz — the co-editors (the "Geld und Demenz" editorial) — write the themes: the 2026. The 29/2016 issue — the inclusion — deserves its telling. The "ich hingehöre" (I belong here) — the 2016's — explores Inklusion und Teilhabe (inclusion and participation): the Stadtteil, the Straße. The articles — the Michael Ganß's Einkaufsbus (the shopping bus), the Peter Wißmann's "Ein Dorf geht eigene Wege" (a village goes its own way), the Petra Uhlmann's "Was wir brauchen sind nicht Fürsorgeräume, sondern geteilte Räume des Miteinanders" (not care rooms but shared spaces of togetherness), the Elke Riedemann's Hannover Allianzen, the Anna Lena Knörr's "Leben und sterben, wo ich hingehöre?", the Sylke Mues's Annette Spellerberg interview (the Nachbarn, the Quartier), the "Seien Sie mal ehrlich!!!" (the Mitbürger survey) — map the theme: the belonging. The issue's function — the 29's — shows the 2016: the demenzfreundliche Kommune — the inclusion, in demenz. The 55/2022 — the "Von anderen lernen" (learning from others: the Corona Pflegeheim) — reflected the pandemic: the crisis. The 69/2026 — the money — proves the current: the quarterly's 17th year.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the dementia year's agenda. The housing coverage — the 68/2026 — deserves its telling. The "Leben und Wohnen mit Demenz" asks how people with dementia want to and can live: the Stimmen of Betroffene, Angehörige, Pflegende, Wissenschaftler, Gestalter. The "Zwischen Heim und WG" (the alters- und demenzfreundliche Bleibe), the "Wohnraum ist seelischer Raum", the "Demenzhochzwei?" (intellectual disability AND dementia), the Thomas Klie's "Wohnen kommt von 'Wonne'", the Oliver Schultz's "Kunst der Demenz", the Britta Flaig's "Fee Dementia" debut, the Jonas Metzger's Tanzania "alternde Häuser", the Olivia Mitscherlich-Schönherr's Fragebogen — map the theme: the dwelling. The thesis — the Wohnformen decide Teilhabe, Würde, Lebensqualität — defines the issue: the housing and dementia. The money coverage — the 69/2026 (the Pflege financing, the Geldbetrug protection, the Schulden, the Solidarsystem, the Demenz-Fragebogen's Olivia Mitscherlich-Schönherr) — counts: the costs. The 67/2025 issue — the love — deserves its telling. The "Liebe in der Sorge für Menschen mit Demenz" asks what love means when language breaks, when partnership becomes responsibility, when care strains under efficiency: the theologische, juristische, philosophische Perspektiven (theological, legal, philosophical). The articles — the Oliver Schultz/Reimer Gronemeyer's "Liebe mit und trotz Demenz?", the Tanja Stiehl's old couple, the "Nächsten-Liebe" (the Diakonie Bayern's Demenzbroschüre), the zeichnerische Antworten (drawn answers) of people with dementia — map the theme: the heart. The Britta Flaig — the Autorin/Künstlerin with Alzheimer (the Demenz-Fragebogen) — answers: the artist's. The issue's function — the 67's — opens the emotion: the love and dementia.

The law coverage — the "Recht auf Demenz" (Thomas Klie's column: the Wohnen als "Wonne") — claims: the rights. The art coverage — the "Kunst der Demenz" (Oliver Schultz's Blickwechsel: the Innenwelten) — sees: the inside. The humor coverage — the "Fee Dementia" (Britta Flaig's Alzheimer life) — laughs: the lightness. The research coverage — the FORSCHUNG (the studies) — knows: the science. The formats' mix — the Themenhefte, the columns — defines the magazine: the dialog — the demenz.

Organization and Ownership

demenz.DAS MAGAZIN is published by the Verlag Brinkmann Meyhöfer GmbH & Co. KG, An der Strangriede 54 A, 30167 Hanover (the 0511/261775-11; anzeigen@brinkmannmeyhoefer.de). The editors (Herausgeber) — Reimer Gronemeyer, Michaela Fink, Oliver Schultz (since September 2020) — lead the journal: the quarterly. The Kompetenzteam — the 2016's (the Michael Ganß) — advised: the expertise.

The business model follows the nonprofit-press pattern: the subscriptions (the Einzelhefte €20 / €15.50 subscribers), the advertising (the €916 Beilage), the civil society. The 2,800 Exemplare (the January 2023 media data; the 3,500 in 2017) — documents the reach: the niche. The 230x300mm format — the Rückendrahtheftung — defines the object: the magazine. Detailed staff and revenue figures are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The magazine's digital home is demenz-magazin.de: the Ausgaben/Themen (the Einzelhefte: the 67/68/69 Inhaltsverzeichnisse PDFs) — the shop. The 69/2026 — the "Was Geld Demenz zählt?" (the editorial, the articles) — previews the current: the money. The 68/2026 — the "Leben und Wohnen" — previews: the housing. The test site — the test.demenz-magazin.de (the media data, the 29/2016) — archives the history: the 2023.

The digital strategy follows the nonprofit logic: the print quarterly for the dialog's depth — the themes, the voices — the portal for the issues' shop — the PDFs. As the dementia magazine — the Brinkmann & Meyhöfer-published Fachzeitschrift (the 2009 founding), the quarterly — demenz.DAS MAGAZIN remains the community's paper: the dialog of people with and without dementia — four times a year in print, daily on demenz-magazin.de.