Older people living in residential aged care often have few friends, no meaningful interactions and feel socially isolated. Most people are depressed and some may no longer wish to live.
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Because of their sedative effect, antipsychotic medications are often used – in fact they are over-used – to "manage" people with dementia. This is against clinical guidelines.
Australia's aged care sector is in trouble. Our experts have previously explored the complex aspects of the system, exposing where the problems are, and have been for some time.
Taking low-dose aspirin daily doesn't delay the onset of disability in healthy older people. Nor does it prevent heart attack or stroke in those who hadn't experienced either condition before.
Alzheimer's disease affects many people under the age of 65. The 'young-onset' version of the disease is often misdiagnosed as depression or dismissed as a midlife crisis.
Have you noticed your thinking ability drops during winter and spring? A new study of healthy adults and dementia patients found cognitive function declines in the colder months.
More than 16 million people in the U.S. take care of people with dementia. Could we learn something from how other cultures view dementia as more of a social disease rather than a lonely one?
For people with dementia, problems performing certain tasks can be a warning sign of difficulty managing financial tasks, according to new research.
It's the subject no one wants to discuss. How prepared are you?
More work needs to be done to prove a link between not drinking and developing dementia.
Alzheimer's is not only the third leading cause of death in the U.S. but also the most dreaded diagnosis. Genetic testing can help determine susceptibility, but knowing whether to test isn't easy.
People with dementia can become agitated or distressed when the temperature isn't right, but some aged-care facilities aren't designed or operated to keep them comfortable.
The number of old and incapacitated adults who live without the support of a family caregiver is growing.
Reporting of recent studies may have caused alarm that brain injuries cause dementia. It just increases your risk.
Outcomes are better when people with dementia are in home-like care rather than standard nursing homes.
Frontotemporal dementia typically affects people under 65 and is about more than memory loss – this is what to look out for.
Comics often portray those with dementia as abnormal or less than human.
From opioids to endocannabinoids, an exercise scholar digs into the science to explain the mental health benefits of a regular workout.
How can exercise, meditation and hypnosis change our brains and potentially prevent disease?
Informal caregivers contribute $25 million to the Canadian economy in unpaid labour, receiving virtually no financial support or emotional respite. More web-based interventions could help.
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Senior research fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor emeritus, University of Stirling
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Research Manager, University of Liverpool
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Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Conjoint Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, Bond University
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Director of Aged Psychiatry, Caulfield Hospital (Alfred Health) & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor & Leader of Regenerative Neuroscience Group, Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of South Australia
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Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Senior Research Fellow in Public Health and Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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PhD Candidate, University of Bath
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Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
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Research officer, University of Sydney
