New support for dementia carers
A new program for dementia patient carers aims to help them get the support they need.
View ArticleScientists on verge of dementia breakthrough
Researchers in Tasmania believe they have found a method to predict the onset of dementia.
View ArticleDementia diagnosis could help thousands
Research from Tasmania has found thousands of Australian dementia patients may have a treatable condition. A form of dementia called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus can be treated with a small operation,...
View ArticleDementia funding cuts: Federal cuts to funding for Dementia and Severe...
Tasmania's Council on the Ageing says it has been blindsided by cuts to dementia funding. On Thursday, the Federal Government announced it would no longer fund the Dementia and Severe Behaviours...
View ArticleTasmanian dementia training course proves popular as number of sufferers...
An online dementia care course developed by the University of Tasmania attracts growing international interest and is labelled by a former premier as the state's "most significant" educational export.
View ArticleDogs 4 Dementia in-home care scheme launched in Tasmania
Tasmanians living at home with dementia could have specially trained assistance dogs provided through a national pilot project.
View ArticleLong-range wi-fi to trial dementia patient tracking, help farmers operate...
A new kind of wi-fi network set up in Launceston is attracting software and app developers to test "Internet of Things" products, including a program that will help families intervene more quickly if a...
View ArticleRapidly ageing population shines spotlight on a crisis for people growing old...
With a rapidly ageing population, few Australians have been left untouched from navigating the vast and often complicated aged-care system be it for a parent, partner or themselves.
View ArticleWorld's 'biggest' dementia study hopes to enlist 10,000 Tasmanians
The long-term project will look at who is most at risk of the condition and how they can potentially "self-manage" risk behaviours to build resilience to dementia using diet, exercise, improving social...
View ArticleElderly stalker who experienced 'extreme loneliness' and asked women for sex...
A 75-year-old man who stalked a schoolgirl and harassed a woman who went to his aid after a medical episode escapes jail due to his "impaired mental function".
View ArticleDementia cafe helping beat isolation, connecting carers and patients
Jan Sellars is living with dementia and her husband Geoffrey is her carer, they readily admit the condition can be "hard on a family". But in this volunteer-run cafe in Tasmania's north-west, it's no...
View ArticleStudy finds walking style can be an indicator of dementia later in life
Betty Pilgrim is 71, but she's studying law online and just got back from two months of backpacking in Europe. She's hoping if she can stay active, it will help stave off dementia.
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