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Symposia 4: Dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Aunty Lyn Yappo walks us through the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA) program- a project that aims to be enable culturally appropriate assessment for dementia for Indigenous peoples. #ADRF2025

Dr Jo-Anne Hughson, talks through the Lets Chat Dementia project, a program that aims to improve detection rates and health outcomes for First Nations and CALD communities. Data results showed a positive change in Best Practice Care and high staff engagement in clinics #ADRF2025

Aunty Jill Abdullah from Dementia Education speaks on developing education for healthcare providers to provide culturally respectful and safe care. An important resource for students and clinicians to encourage not only standard but also holistic care. #ADRF2025

Thrilled to see our PhDs & postdocs shine on Day 1 of #ADRF2025! 💡 They presented posters & talks on sleep, blood biomarkers, gender differences, and non-pharmacological interventions to support brain health in older adults at risk for dementia 🧠👏 Dr. Zoe Menczel Schrire Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA

Steph Daly: finding ways to strengthen risk modification and dementia prevention is vital. Primary care is a trusted source of information & advice, & plays a critical role in diagnosis and management. Collaboration is key along with GP education to enable confidence and support.

Janine Hayes who opened ADRF reveals that education should start not just in primary care, but primary school- around diet, exercise, socialising. Navigating the Aged Care system is difficult, and is flawed, needing structural change. More resources, staffing and education. #ADRF

The overwhelming message from our panel and delegates is a focus on upskilling and educating GPs, addressing the workforce gaps in Aged Care, the need for collaboration in the medical community and strong policy benchmarks and equitable access to diagnosis & treatment. #ADRF2025

#ADRF2026 has been officially announced! We’re heading back over to the east coast to beautiful Sydney!! 🎉 Hope you’ve enjoyed #ADRF2025 as we enter our 3rd and final day. We still have some amazing sessions to go plus the much anticipated public lecture with Maggie Beer!

We start Day 3 off bright and early with some Continuing Professional Education and concurrent Early-Mid Career Researchers session. A/Prof Mark Yates explains comorbidity and dementia in primary care. 50% of people w/ dementia have 3 or more chronic comorbidities 1/2

Prof Yun Hee Jeon drives home the message of collaboration in Allied Health, rooting the idea that the concept of care is not “that’s someone else’s job” it should be a collective goal involving a diverse teams of professionals. Collaboration leads to improved patient outcomes.

What can improve the quality of life of people living with dementia? Things like adapted mindfulness, activity scheduling, music therapy, hearing aids and goal oriented cognitive rehabilitation are non- pharmacological interventions shown to work. Kate Laver #ADRF2025

The ADNeT Memory and Cognition Clinic Guidelines provide good examples and referrals to post- diagnostic support avenues. You can access them here ➡️ australiandementianetwork.org.au/initiatives/me… #ADRF2025

Dr Elie Matar on Sleep Complaints. Sleep disorders are common in dementia & neurodegeneration which is important with evidence of higher rates of apathy, aggression & caregiver burden, while lowering functional status, quality of life & cognitive performance. Elie Matar

In the assessment of sleep complaints in dementia there are a number of mechanism that need to be considered, including pathology, age- related, medications, altered timing cues and comorbidities. History is key in approaching complaints and pinpointing the exact problem. 1/2

Our final speaker for Continuing Education is Prof Ben White, who will take us through Voluntary Assisted Dying. “This is no longer a fringe issue but a health care issue”. 99% of Australian now live in a jurisdiction where VAD is legal, however laws vary between states #ADRF2025

📢 ADNeT, Monash Uni & Lilly Australia have launched a first-of-its-kind collaboration to better understand the patient and societal impact of early Alzheimer’s disease and MCI. A major step forward for dementia research in Australia. Read more: buff.ly/9Woo0HH #dementia

Congratulations again to Prof Perminder Sachdev for being awarded the ADNeT Lifetime Achievement Award at #ADRF2025. Perminder Sachdev Read more about his career achievements➡️buff.ly/w1748L7

Thanks Australian Ageing Agenda for featuring the new research collaboration between ADNeT, Eli Lilly and Company and Monash University. The exciting partnership represents a step forward in collective efforts to advance the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. buff.ly/G9NGuJf