New Paper Out: Early Implementation and Evaluation of StepUp for Dementia Research: An Australia-Wide Dementia Research Participation and Public Engagement Platform StepUp for Dementia Research team published the first paper about the service. It has been over two...
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Newsletter October 2021
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Agent Orange Doubles the Risk of Dementia for Vietnam Veterans
U.S. veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War are twice as likely to develop dementia, a study published early this year found[1].Tactical Warfare U.S. forces sprayed gallons of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War to defoliate jungle trees that provided...
What is this study about? Developing an online financial skills test
Financial Skills in Older AdultsOver 50? Participate in a study to develop an online test of everyday financial skills. Ecstra Foundation is funding research led by Dr Stephanie Wong and her team at the Brain and Mind Centre (University of Sydney), which aims to help...
Medication Management for People with Dementia following a Hospital Stay
Instructions: “Take one tablet three times a day”So, is that dividing 24 hours by three and taking the medication every eight hours? Or can I coordinate it with my meals and take them all within 12 hours? Will it matter if I take it with my other morning tablet? A...
Newsletter June 2021
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Have we got the Leading Theory About Alzheimer’s all Wrong?
The leading hypothesis on the cause of Alzheimer’s is looking shaky, following a new paper that pooled data from several studies to find that strategies to reduce amyloid levels in the brain do not improve cognition.[1]The Amyloid Hypothesis For several decades, a...
Dementia Training Australia (DTA)
Dementia Training Australia (DTA) provides dementia-specific accredited and non-accredited education, training, and professional development for aged and health care professionals. Our mission is to improve the knowledge and skills of the workforce who are involved in...
StepUp for Dementia Research is a BRIDGE between people with lived experience and researchers
I first became aware of dementia research at an Alzheimer’s Australia conference some 10 years ago, when a Consumer Dementia Research Network (CDRN) was formed. There were about 25 people, with Glen Rees and his team. Many were people living with dementia, and others...
Jane’s experience caring for her husband with dementia
Jane Thompson, a member of StepUp for Dementia Research Public Involvement Panel, appeared on an episode "I still do" of the SBS program Insight. Jane shared her story about her marriage and her experience caring for her husband with dementia. Please click this link...
