Val is 91 years old. Earlier this year, she was awarded the City of Wollongong Senior Citizen of the Year for her volunteering with Parent and Citizen Associations, Eisteddfod, the Council On The Ageing, and Dementia Australia. From Statistician to Dementia Volunteer...
The prevalence rate of dementia, or the proportion of people living with dementia, is decreasing. Yet, the number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050, according to a new Alzheimer Europe report out last week[1].A Needed Numbers Update Over the past three...
Do You, or Someone You Know, Have Vascular Dementia? Researchers at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, are looking for people who have a diagnosis of either vascular dementia, or Alzheimer’s disease mixed with vascular dementia, to take part in...
There are many different types of dementia, depending on the underlying cause. Each cause can damage the brain in different ways. New research out of the UK suggests that these differences may reveal themselves in the way that people walk[1].Different Types of...
Bobby is a retired psychologist. She lives alone and has a daughter and three grandsons, who she describes as “the centre of my world”. Diagnostic Confusion At the age of 66, Bobby was given a provisional diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or frontotemporal...
Val is nearly 68, a mother of three, a grandma of eight and a wife of 48 years. Retired now, Val was a farmer and rural physiotherapist. She holds claim to being one of the first acupuncturist physiotherapists in the public health system in Australia in 1988. A...
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Guntawang Aboriginal Resources Incorporate (GARI) was established in August 2013 by a group of Aboriginal women in the Fairfield Local Government Area of Sydney NSW. Guntawang is co-ordinated by the Aboriginal women of the community though consultation, negotiation...
A dementia vaccine developed by Flinders University Professor Nikolai Petrovsky has been successfully shown to “work” in mice genetically programmed to develop dementia.Harnessing the immune response Dementia is thought to be the result of the build-up of two...
Air quality readings across Australia are at concerning levels right now in the wake of the bushfires. Known as PM2.5, rates of particle matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres are easy to inhale and can cause health problems. A new study suggests that these tiny...