A research collaboration has retrospectively reviewed the effectiveness of Special Dementia Care Programmes for people with very severe dementia symptoms.
Researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney have the need for clearer definitions of ‘happiness’, ‘life satisfaction’ and ‘positive affect’ in centenarians.
CHeBA Co-Director, Professor Henry Brodaty, along with an international research, has been awarded $400,000 to strengthen professional collaboration in dementia caregiver education and research.
A six-year study of older Australians in CHeBA’s Sydney Memory and Ageing Study has uncovered an Australian-first association between the impact of hearing loss on cognitive abilities and increased risk for dementia.
People with enlarged fluid-filled spaces in the brain around small blood vessels may be more likely to develop dementia than people whose perivascular spaces are smaller, according to a new study led by CHeBA.
Evidence suggest people with dementia are more likely to contract COVID-19 and to have severe disease outcomes from the virus, including increased risk of death.
A six-year study of older Australians with type 2 diabetes has uncovered a link between metformin use, slower cognitive decline and lower dementia rates.
The proportion of people with dementia in rural and regional Australia is consistent with that of metropolitan areas. Access to diagnosis and support however is not.
