Bidyadanga is a small town in the Kimberley region of WA. Approximately 1590km north of Perth and 180km south of Broome. It is the definition of a remote Aussie town. It’s home to around 800 people with five different language groups, and ...

Labor has promised that, if elected, it will address inadequate staffing in aged care and ensure there is a registered nurse onsite at all residential aged care facilities 24 hours a day. Via a statement released yesterday, opposition leader Bill Shorten ...

A massive open online course (MOOC) promises to improve understanding of dementia on a global scale. In a paper published last month in Science of Learning, a partner journal of Nature, a research team from the University of Tasmania assessed ...

Much has been said about person-centred care for people with dementia, but it’s time for change to make sure the good intentions of person-centred care don’t get lost in busy day-to-day routines. The crucial component needed to make this approach ...

Young onset dementia (YOD) is a term describing any form of dementia diagnosed in people under 65 years of age. Little is known about why it occurs among this age group, and, as it is less common, it can be ...

Aged care wasn’t entirely forgotten about in this year’s Budget announcements – with a number of measures welcomed by the sector – but those waiting for home care were. The government celebrated a $7.1 billion surplus but Leading Aged Services Australia said this ...

Latin is not a dead language when it comes to dementia design. The phrase salutogenesis is a word that guides the philosophy of Dementia Training Australia (DTA) and is derived from the Latin for health – ‘salus’, and for source – ...

It’s well known that dementia affects everyone differently, and new research has explored how sex comes into play. A team from the University of Queensland (UQ) and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health said there could be underlying biological factors ...