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Making a move on dementia awareness

By on Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Dancing with the Stars choreographer Alana Patience will lead a spectacular display of colour and movement this March as seniors from UnitingCare Ageing facilities in NSW put on their dancing shoes to raise awareness for dementia.

Ms Patience has come up with a dance routine to cater to all levels of mobility, so over-55s and their friends can get their endorphins up and groove on.

Book launch: When I See Grandma

By on Friday, February 28, 2014

When her mother finally died after a long period of inertia, Debra Tidball didn’t know what to do with herself.

The social worker and mother of two craved respite from the physical and emotional exhaustion of watching a loved one slowly die.

Time to speak up about dementia

By on Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Australia has the potential to influence how international governments deal with dementia when it takes to the world stage at this year’s Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Brisbane.

Alzheimer’s Australia has joined the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) in the campaign to place dementia on the agenda when the G20 meet this November to discuss economic issues of global importance.

Private home care takes pressure off

By on Monday, February 24, 2014

When Maureen Mahoney’s mother-in-law started showing the early signs of dementia, she began weighing up her residential care options.

It wasn’t until she stumbled across an advertisement in the local paper that Maureen discovered her mother-in-law did not have to leave her beloved home to get the care she needs.

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