Australian dementia research has received a significant boost with the announcement of the inaugural recipients of the ‘Race Against Dementia – Dementia Australia Research Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship’ program. The award comes from Formula 1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart’s charity Race ...

The link between dementia and sport has arisen again in dramatic fashion, as eight former rugby union players bring legal action against the sport – including England 2003 World Cup winner Steve Thompson. The eight former players have all been ...

There are an estimated 459,000 Australians living with dementia. It is estimated that this costs Australians $15 billion per year and without a medical breakthrough the numbers of people with the disease is expected to rise to 590,000 by 2028 ...

Almost two-thirds of aged care residents with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) live with pain, a new study has found. The research also found that for almost half of that group their pain was moderate to severe. The ...

The premise to Netflix’s new film, Dick Johnson is Dead, is simple. Documentarian Kirsten Johnson’s father, the eponymous Dick, is diagnosed with dementia, so to work through the grief, loss and impending death, she decides to chronicle the last few ...

Eileen and Dubhglas Taylor tell me a bit about their history. They tell me about how they met; Dubhg was a drummer in a band, Eileen was a babysitter, they met a party. They are closing in on 53 years ...

Someone will develop dementia every three seconds. Worldwide, around 50 million people have dementia, and there are nearly 10 million new cases every year. But even with those statistics, dementia is still largely misunderstood. September 21 is World Alzheimer’s Day ...

Social isolation might be a greater risk factor for dementia than previously believed. That’s according to researchers from University College London (UCL). They found that people over age 55 who live alone are 30 per cent more likely to develop ...