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We know #music training improves brain plasticity & performance. Can it help to prevent #dementia? Join our next #SydneyIdeas public talk exploring promising research from Brain & Mind Centre SydneyConMusic University of Sydney 🎵Register for 20 June: bit.ly/3QzOfjY

A/Prof Mark Yates estimates that a GP who does 144 consultations a week will see 3.7 people living with #dementia that week, but only 50% of those have a formal diagnosis #ADRF2024

Prof Sarah Hilmer says its hard to have informed shared decision making around medication because there is very little evidence in the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, effectiveness & safely of most drugs in people living with #dementia #ADRF2024

Congrats to Prof Henry Brodaty for his Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT Lifetime Achievement Award. I feel grateful that Henry has been my mentor for years. #PayItForward #ADRF2024

Let’s face it. Medicare as a fee for service is a discount. Often below the cost of the service. This is Government (both sides) inaction. Not indexed properly. Frozen Ignored. Greedy Dr meme thrown as defence. It’s the patients insurance & tax that pay for it.

Wendy Longley describes the 250 people who have completed the iREADi rehabilitation post-diagnostic program for people living with dementia publicly available at War Memorial Hospital, NSW. "All geriatric rehabilitation hospitals should and can deliver this" #ADRF2024

Bravo 👏👏👏 Stephanie Ward slays the debate at #ADRF2024 with her eloquent humorous Elizabethan English arguments against presymptomatic diagnosis.

Team dementia rehabilitation!! Such a great night.

Prof Stephen Salloway shares practical information about the roll-out of Lecanamab in the USA and the clinical judgements and workforce required. Australia needs to start preparing Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney Sydney Dementia Network Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA

Want to learn how to facilitate Cognitive Stimulation Therapy in Australia? Registration is now open for a one day workshop in Sydney on the 7th of September eventbrite.com.au/e/cognitive-st… Be quick - Canberra training sold out in 8 days! Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT AAG Dementia Australia

Latest update on Donanemab: the United States FDA advisory panel has recently announced that available data on the drug indicates that it is effective at treating Alzheimer’s patients at the early stages. #DementiaTreatments #AlzheimersTreatments

Wow!! A 10 year follow-up!!! #CBTworks

Five experts including GPs, a nurse, physicians and professors from around Australia outline advancements in detecting and diagnosing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and #dementia in #MedicineToday. #peerreview Read more: zurl.co/MVNh marita long Lee-Fay Low

Calling all #dementia advocates #healthprofessionals - researcher and clinicians - please participate in this research on the #disability rights of persons with #dementia Read more here⬇️ Kate Swaffer she/her ❤️🖤💛

Now available on-demand bit.ly/NeuromusicSydn… This event was so good, we can't wait to see the next Sydney Ideas /BMC event coming up soon ✨ Lee-Fay Low Photo credit: Nicola Bailey SydneyConMusic

Destigmatising dementia in Chinese-Australian communities ➡️bit.ly/Destigmatising… #FaceDementia PhD student Zihan shares about his work in contributing culturally appropriate terms to dementia resources. Lee-Fay Low Sydney Dementia Network USYD Languages and Cultures

Crones in Cabaret: Not Dead Yet. A wonderful show promoting ageing proudly and embracing ageing in ourselves and others #antiageism Sydney Fringe Sally Day

The World Alzheimer’s Report on attitudes to #dementia is out! Here is a screenshot of our webinar which will soon be available on You Tube. You can download the report from ADI website #WorldAlzMonth Lee-Fay Low Manuel Rico Sara Evans-Lacko liveurtruth