Consumers Dementia Education & Training New cookbook raises funds for dementia bus Not-for-profit Perth based organisation, Community Vision, has launched its newest recipe book to raise money for the...
Consumers Industry Dementia Grand Gamers hitting mental high scores! A unique study from the University of New England encouraging residents to participate in video games to re-engage their...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers Provider releases resource guide during Dementia Awareness Month For Dementia Awareness Month, running throughout September, in home service provider, Home Instead Senior Care, has...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness Dementia Action Week asks, do you discriminate against people with dementia? Dementia Action Week kicks off today, running from 16-22 September, and is challenging Australians perceptions around...
Consumers Industry Dementia AIHW releases two reports into dementia hospitalisations and anti-dementia drugs The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released two reports around dementia in 2016-17, finding a...
Consumers Dementia Education & Training First travelling dementia bus launched in WA Western Australia’s (WA) first travelling community dementia bus was launched last Wednesday, providing dementia...
Consumers Culture Awareness Dementia Researchers investigate “best practice day” to reduce dementia risk A new study has received $1.2 million in funding to uncover aspects of diet and activity that create the “best...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers Royal Commission: “It’s hard to know where to go to raise issues and complaints…” “It felt like there was no point raising issues or complaining…”
Consumers Industry Dementia Sleep Awareness Week encourages better sleep for older Australians When you start to forget things or your memory isn’t quite like used to be, older Australians are quick to blame their...
Consumers Dementia Health and Wellbeing Research suggests a healthy lifestyle could reduce the genetic risk of dementia An international study has found that living a healthy lifestyle may counteract a person’s genetic risk of developing...
Consumers Dementia Education & Training Home-based dementia music therapy program recruiting for study participants A new home-based music therapy program teaching carers to use music strategically to manage agitation and other symptoms...
Consumers Industry Dementia Dementia research receives $21 million in Federal funding Thirteen projects focussing on risk reduction, prevention and tracking of dementia, will receive $21 million in funding...
Consumers Industry Dementia Biggest dementia recruitment and research drive starts in Tasmania The University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre is undertaking the biggest study into...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness Grandmother’s dementia leads to career in care SPONSORED STORY – Just Better Care Mornington, Victoria (VIC), owner Callum McMillian was inspired to enter a...
Consumers Industry Advice World Health Organisation recommend lifestyle changes to reduce risk of dementia Living a healthy lifestyle may be the best way to minimise the risk of developing dementia, says the World Health...
Consumers Industry Dementia ROYAL COMMISSION: Dementia support is around end of life, not living The final day of the third series hearings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety heard from two...
Consumers Industry Dementia ROYAL COMMISSION: Care loopholes and Government empathy Day 7 into the third series hearings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety had a research academic...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness ROYAL COMMISSION: No time, no extra staff and little diversional therapy Day 6 into the third series of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety involved another panel full of...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness ROYAL COMMISSION: Restraint practices; physical and sexual assault in aged care Day three of the third series for the Royal Commission into Aged Care hearings listened to another case study of...
Consumers Industry Advice National Dementia Conference puts a spotlight on dementia and Alzheimer’s With the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the National Dementia Conference, held in Melbourne on 15...
Consumers Industry Dementia ROYAL COMMISSION – Focus on serious restraint practices Day two of the third series for the Royal Commission into Aged Care hearings carried on from yesterday’s case study...