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COSMIC Among the First to be Named to the Global Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative UNSW Sydney-based Consortium Brings Dementia Data from Eight

Having at Least a High School Degree and a Complex Job Linked to Dementia Prevention An international research collaboration has found that high

Funding Success to Identify Early Stages of Dementia Senior Research Fellow Dr Simone Reppermund and colleagues from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have been awarded close to $1.3 million to develop an online tool designed to assist in the identification of early stages of dementia. The funding, awarded by the NHMRC Medical Research Future Fund, will allow for the development, validation and implementation of a new, computerised diagnostic tool to assess instrumental a...

Funding Success to Develop iSupport Program in Australia and Greater China Co-Director of UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Professor Henry Brodaty, along with a team of national and international researchers, have been the successful recipients of a $400,000 award to strengthen professional collaboration in dementia caregiver education and research in Australia and Greater China. The project, led by Flinders University, will showcase Australia’s excellence in dementia...

Self-Reported Hearing Loss Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia A six-year study of older Australians in CHeBA’s Sydney Memory and Ageing Study has uncovered an Australian-first association between the impact of hearing loss on cognitive abilities and increased risk for dementia. In Australia, hearing loss affects 74% of people aged over 70. International studies estimate that people with severe hearing loss are five times more likely to develop dementia. Addressing midlife hearing loss could...

Effect of COVID-19 Greatest on People Living with Dementia The COVID-19 global pandemic is affecting people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in a unique way. Not only does evidence suggest that people with dementia are more likely to contract COVID-19 than people without dementia, but also that older adults with dementia are more likely to have severe disease outcomes from the virus, including increased risk of death. Researchers at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing ...