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Health and Medicine
Inspiring dementia advocate Kate Swaffer gives guest lecture
Poet, author and academic Kate Swaffer shares her story of living with early onset dementia.
Health and Medicine
Research raises questions on the cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Current thinking on treatment strategies for聽Alzheimer鈥檚聽may be called into question following new finding.
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Launch of new resources helps people with dementia and their Carers ‘ReThink Respite’
Researchers launch innovative聽project supporting carers and people living with dementia to rethink respite.聽
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Education module tackles driving and dementia
Program highlights how medicos and nurses can assist drivers with dementia to hang up their car keys.
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Australian communities to map local ‘Dementia Friendly’ places
Researchers develop unique tool to map 鈥榙ementia friendly places鈥� in local areas.
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Tackling delirium with innovative education program
A new program to combat delirium among older people will be trialled in two Illawarra hospitals from December.