dementia
A new report has found that people living with dementia in Australia are experiencing significant harm in residential aged care facilities, including violence, abuse and neglect. In the report “Reparations for harm to people living ...
The National Dementia Action Plan has been criticised for failing to address the human rights of people living with dementia. The new 10-year National Dementia Action Plan has come under criticism from Craig Gear, CEO ...
An impressive 350 people from the Darwin community and beyond turned out to show their support on Sunday 19 June at Dementia Australia’s first ever Darwin Memory Walk & Jog. The fundraising event was hosted ...
The Dementia in Australia 2021 report is the first of its kind in almost 10 years. Prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, it shows how the impact of dementia in seniors is ...
Only a quarter of countries worldwide have a national policy, strategy or plan for supporting people with dementia and their families, according to the WHO’s ‘Global status report on the public health response to dementia’, ...
Innovative Experts and talented emerging researchers have an opportunity to access almost $4.8 million in funding for Project Grants, Fellowships and Innovation Grants through the Dementia Australia Research Foundation. As part of the 2021 grant ...
Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according to several studies reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2021 in Denver and virtually. Previous reports have linked long-term air pollution ...
The development of dementia, often from Alzheimer’s disease, late in life is associated with abnormal blood levels of dozens of proteins up to five years earlier, according to a new study led by researchers at ...
The age-standardized death rate of Australians with dementia fell during the first 10 months of 2020, probably as a result of measures designed to prevent COVID-19 infections also limiting the spread of other infectious respiratory ...
People living with dementia have yet to hear from the Federal Government that dementia will be a core focus of the reform of the aged care system. At a Parliamentary Friends of Dementia event in ...
Dementia is a syndrome – usually of a chronic or progressive nature – in which there is deterioration in cognitive function (i.e. the ability to process thought) beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. ...
We aren’t born knowing how to communicate with a person with dementia—but we can learn. Improving your communication skills will help make caregiving less stressful and will likely improve the quality of your relationship with ...
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